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Water in the Mountains

c. 1790–1800

Christoph Nathe

(German, 1753–1806)
Culture
Germany, 18th century
Medium
etching
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1995.215
Catalogue raisonné
Rümann 74
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Nathe studied in Leipzig with Adam Friedrich Oeser, who taught many important figures of the period including the writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Oeser inspired Winckelmann’s philosophy "edle Einfalt, stille Grösse" (noble simplicity, quiet magnificence). Although Nathe went in his own direction, this meticulous landscape of sunlight striking rocks beside a brook reveals the influence of his teacher.
A horizontally oriented etching on paper depicts a mountain landscape in black ink, with water flowing around large, textured rocks in the foreground. On the left, tiered rock formations rise toward a dense forest. A small waterfall spills between boulders in the center. In the background, a steep hillside is blanketed with trees. Fine black lines and hatching create deep shadows and bright highlights across the foliage and stone.

Water in the Mountains

c. 1790–1800

Christoph Nathe

(German, 1753–1806)
Germany, 18th century

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