Pen drawing on paper by the German artist Franz Innocenz Kobell. The Landscape drawing shows a resting goatherd and is mounted on blue paper and fixed in a passepartout. Published about 1800.
ARTIST:
Franz Innocenz Kobell (born in Mannheim, 23 November 1749; died in Munich, 14 January 1822) was a painter of landscapes, architecture and animals as well as a drawer. From 1779 till 1884 he studied in Italy. In Rome he met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Kobell produced in his behalf few drawings. After 1785 Kobell lived in Munich and became painter to the court. He mostly confined himself to the use of pen and pencil, leaving 20,000 landscape and architecture pen drawings and etchings. Works of this artist are located in Museums all over the world, e.g. J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
DESCRIPTION:
Pen drawing on paper by Franz Innocenz Kobell, published about 1800. The drawing shows an ideal landscape with trees and a lakeside, where a goatherd with his animals is resting. The drawing is mounted on blue paper and fixed in a passepartout.
SIZE:
Leaf app.: about h 11.4 cm x w 17.5 cm
Blue leaf app.: about h 19.4 cm x w 27.4 cm
Passepartout app.: about h 49.9 cm x 34.9 cm
CONDITION:
Considering its age, the drawing is in good condition, slightly staining of the paper.
