Landscape; a small island with two trees surrounded by water on the left; a tree by a cottage on the right

ca. 1793–94

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Kolbe was a prolific printmaker and draftsman. His primary subject was landscape. His works range from the expected to the surreal. Some of his etchings depict landscapes composed of enormous cabbage leaves with classical figures cavorting through the scene.This full landscape is a more traditional forest scene. Kolbe was no doubt inspired by precendents by seventeenth-century Dutch landscapists Anthonie Waterloo and Jacob Ruisdael that feature rugged landscapes with lively twisting and bending trees.

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Title: Landscape; a small island with two trees surrounded by water on the left; a tree by a cottage on the right
Artist: Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (German, Berlin 1759–1835 Dresden)
Date: ca. 1793–94
Medium: Pen and brown ink on paper set into blue paper mat
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (21.8 × 33.2 cm)
Overall: 11 3/8 × 15 3/16 in. (28.9 × 38.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2020
Object Number: 2022.25.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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