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 modern laid paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 32.5 x 46.4 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.) frame: 52.5 x 66.2 x 3.2 cm (20 11/16 x 26 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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