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Wooded Mountain Landscape with a Small Waterfall and Pathway

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

Date:

1805

Artist:

Franz Joseph Leopold
German, 1783–1832

About this artwork

This early example of a lithographic print was produced shortly after the medium was invented. Alois Senefelder, a German playwright and composer, created lithography in 1798 while trying to develop an affordable process for printing his plays. Within a decade, artists were exploring the potentials of the medium.
Here, Franz Joseph Leopold has composed his quiet scene in a precise, linear style. Tiny lines rendered in lithographic ink with a fine-tipped pen compose the dense foliage, jagged rock faces, flowing water, and sunlit clouds of the landscape.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Franz Joseph Leopold

Title

Wooded Mountain Landscape with a Small Waterfall and Pathway

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1805

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.8 × 13.2 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 20.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.402

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