Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Forest View with a Woman Sketching

Johann Georg von Dillis
1759-1841

Forest View with a Woman Sketching

1790s
10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (264 x 374 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1998.27

Thaw Collection.

Notes
Watermark: lower part of shield with fleur-de-lis above a beehive, with inscription, C & I Honig (cf. Heawood 1854).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in pencil, "1918" (or "7818"), "attr.: Topfer and R. 102".
Associated names
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 105, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 51.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department