DrawingsSwiss18th-19th century

The Ruins of Geiersberg Castle in Bohemia

18th-19th century

Artists

Adrian ZinggArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown inks and brown wash and traces of graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to thin wove paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 50.7 x 65 cm (19 15/16 x 25 9/16 in.) frame: 75.9 x 90.3 x 4.1 cm (29 7/8 x 35 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2012, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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