Mountainous Landscape with Ruins of a Castle and Three Men in a Cave, Seen through a Stone Gate

Johann Caspar Huber Swiss

late 18th–early 19th century

Not on view

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Title: Mountainous Landscape with Ruins of a Castle and Three Men in a Cave, Seen through a Stone Gate
Artist: Johann Caspar Huber (Swiss, Glattfelden near Zürich 1752–1827 Zürich)
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; double framing lines in pen and black ink and brush and black wash
Dimensions: sheet: 9 13/16 x 11 1/4 in. (25 x 28.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Object Number: 2006.194
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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