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Monument to Salomon Gessner near Zurich

Monument to Salomon Gessner near Zurich

(German, 1757–1835)
(Swiss, 1780–1861)
1807
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 40.5 × 32.4 cm (15 15/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGeorge Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession number2018.38
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Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Nach der Natur gezeichnet von J. Senn In plate, at lower center: SALOMON GESSNERS DENKMAL / BEY ZÜRICH. In plate, at lower right: Gestochen von W. Kolbe In plate, at lower right: Zürich bey Trachsler
ProvenanceMay 26, 2016, Auction 107, 15th-19th Century Prints, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, lot 05342, to Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints, Québec; 2018, sold by Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)
Image Not Available for Landscape. Shepherd boy and two cows
Landscape. Shepherd boy and two cows
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Centaur carrying nude woman (Landscape)
Centaur carrying nude woman (Landscape)
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. Faun carrying nymph through swamp
Landscape. Faun carrying nymph through swamp
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. Nude woman fleeing from nude man with lance
Landscape. Nude woman fleeing from nude man with lance
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. Nude man with bow and arrow about to shoot
Landscape. Nude man with bow and arrow about to shoot
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Nude man and nymph on horseback, Term of Pan in distance
Nude man and nymph on horseback, Term of Pan in distance
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. Oaks on riverbank, house in distance
Landscape. Oaks on riverbank, house in distance
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. River on left, cows and shepherd in foreground
Landscape. River on left, cows and shepherd in foreground
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape. River overarched by oaks
Landscape. River overarched by oaks
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape with church on hill
Landscape with church on hill
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for Landscape with waterfall
Landscape with waterfall
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe
Image Not Available for River landscape with bull
River landscape with bull
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe