Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar WolfWW-1735-283931

1735·gouache on laid paper·overall: 45 x 58.2 cm (17 11/16 x 22 15/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1735
Medium: gouache on laid paper
Dimensions: overall: 45 x 58.2 cm (17 11/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Artist: Caspar Wolf

Artist

Caspar Wolf

Painting

Caspar Wolf was a Swiss painter, known mostly for his dramatic paintings of the Alps. He was strongly influenced by Albrecht von Haller's poems on the Alps, and the Sturm und Drang movement. After 1773 Wolf mostly painted glaciers, caves, waterfalls and gorges.

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