DrawingsSwiss18th-19th century

Group of Houses under Colossal Trees

18th-19th century

Artists

Balthasar Anton DunkerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray ink, graphite, and gray wash on cream paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32.5 × 46.4 cm (12 13/16 × 18 1/4 in.) frame: 52 × 66 cm (20 1/2 × 26 in.)

Provenance

Otto Wessner. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2010, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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