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Artists›Heinrich Adam

Heinrich Adam

?–1862

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WikidataQ87082

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Birth yearWikidata· 70%
Death yearWikidata· 70%
NationalityWikidata· 70%
Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
Profile imageWikidata· 70%

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Heinrich Adam was a Bavarian draughtsman and printmaker who documented architectural and topographical subjects across Bavaria and southern Germany during the early nineteenth century. Working primarily in drawing and etching, he recorded the built landscape and natural geography of his region with systematic precision. His practice emerged during a period of heightened interest in regional identity and the visual inventory of the German territories.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artworks (4)

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Fifteen Architectural Subjects: Views of Munich

1835 · Watercolor

The drawings range in size from (sight): 1 3/8 x 11 3/8in. (3.5 x 3.5 cm) to 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (13.3 x 18.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifteen Architectural Subjects: Views of Munich

1835 · Watercolor

The drawings range in size from (sight): 1 3/8 x 11 3/8in. (3.5 x 3.5 cm) to 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (13.3 x 18.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glypthotek

1797 · lithography on paper

width: 361 cm, height: 270 cm

Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op de Ludwigskirche te München

1797 · lithography on paper

height: 360 cm, width: 275 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (2)

4 published of 4 catalogued · 3 with image

Rijksmuseum
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The Met
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2 entries · 1 sources

Glypthotek
1797 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gezicht op de Ludwigskirche te München
1797 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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