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Johann Georg von Dillis
1759-1841
Forest View with a Woman Sketching
1790s
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (264 x 374 mm)
Thaw Collection.
1998.27
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Watermark: lower part of shield with fleur-de-lis above a beehive, with inscription, C & I Honig (cf. Heawood 1854).
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso in pencil, "1918" (or "7818"), "attr.: Topfer and R. 102".
Provenance:
Feilchenfeldt, Zurich; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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.
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