Rugged Moonlit Landscape with a Woman Seated by Gnarled Tree Roots, and an Owl

1833 (?)
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Rugged Moonlit Landscape with a Woman Seated by Gnarled Tree Roots, and an Owl
  • Artist: Ludwig Emil Grimm (German, Hanau 1790–1863 Kassel)
  • Date: 1833 (?)
  • Medium: Pen and brush and brown ink over black chalk with faint traces of white chalk, on blue paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 19 13/16 in. (35.5 x 50.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.248
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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