Painting

Title:

Bavarian Landscape

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1979.020.14.1

Creator:

von Dillis, Johann Georg (1759-1841)Artist

Place of Origin:

Swiss or German (possibly)

Date:

1793-1797

Description:

Painting. Bavarian Landscape, attributed to Johann Georg von Dillis (1759-1841); 1793-1797. Watercolor on paper. One of a pair (companion to 1979.020.14.2). European-style landscape. Woman, in center foreground, walks on dirt road holding a pitcher. Man and a cart with two horses on road behind woman; man is fixing dirt road with a shovel. Cows left foreground. Hill left middle ground with one-story cottage; woman stands in doorway. Several figures walk up and down dirt road in front of cottage. Printed label pasted on backboard: "BAVARIAN LANDSCAPE. / The picture of which this is a copy, was presented to Count / [Rum]ford by the ladies of Munich in recognition of 'his firm- / [ness] and admirable conduct in causing the neutrality of Munich / [to] be respected' by the French and Austrian armies in 1796. / [handwritten in ink] J.B.W." Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, exterior beaded trim, interior foliate molding, glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.6 W-17.1 inches

Provenance:

Originally owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, who bequeathed her collection of family portraits to her cousin Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) in 1852. The portraits then passed to his son Charles R. Walker (1852-1922), and to his grandson Sheafe Walker, the donor.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Sheafe Walker

People:

Count Rumford, Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814), von Dillis, Johann Georg (1759-1841)

Subjects:

Bavaria, Carts, Cottages, Farms, Landscape paintings