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A Beech Wood with a Resting Traveler

1803

Christoph Nathe

(German, 1753–1806)
Culture
Germany, 19th century
Medium
brown and gray wash with extensive point of brush work, with traces of black chalk underdrawing on ivory wove paper
Support
Ivory wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 37.5 x 57.6 cm (14 3/4 x 22 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2011.118
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented brown and gray wash drawing depicts a dense forest. A massive beech tree dominates the center, its textured trunk and layered foliage rendered with fine brushwork. In the middle ground to the left, a solitary figure sits on a grassy bank, gazing toward a luminous clearing. A shallow stream flows across the foreground, winding through low rocks and dense vegetation beneath the towering canopy.

A Beech Wood with a Resting Traveler

1803

Christoph Nathe

(German, 1753–1806)
Germany, 19th century

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