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A Bridge on the Aar, at the Foot of the Grimsel, in the Canton of Berne
Caspar WolfWW-1770-T005793
Catalogue
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12 x 7 15/16 in. (30.5 x 20.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum 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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Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)
1774 · watercolor and black ink on laid paper, mounted on original album sheet
WW-1774-283930
A Bridge on the Aar, at the Foot of the Grimsel, in the Canton of Berne
1770 · Watercolor and pencil; framing lines in black ink
WW-1770-007711
Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill
1735 · gouache on laid paper
WW-1735-283931
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- Caspar Wolf
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12 x 7 15/16 in. (30.5 x 20.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1770-T005793
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified