Location

not on view

Description

The area known as La Serpentara around the picturesque mountain village of Olevano, southeast of Rome, attracted many German landscapists studying in Italy during the early 1800s. In Preller's words, "Nowhere was the organic coherence in nature so clear as there." He inscribed the locale and date (2 June 1829) in the lower left corner of this drawing to indicate where and when he made it. His meticulous pen work leaves the lightest areas in outline only, so that the white of the paper helps record the fresh and bright atmosphere of the scene.

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist, lower left, in brown ink: Olevano / alla Serpentara il 2 di Guinio / 1829.

Provenance

[C. G. Boerner, Inc.].

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: cat. no. 65, p. 10, pp.160-161, p. 293; Reproduced: p. 161

Exhibition history

C. G. Boerner Graphik-Zeichnungen: Gustav-Siegle-Haus am Leonhardsplatz, Stuttgart; C. G. Boerner Dusseldorf (1971).

Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

The Cleveland Museum of Art

La Serpentara near Olevano

Friedrich Preller

Location

Description

Inscription