A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets / Franz Edmund Weirotter
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.116
- Title
- A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets
- Artist
- Franz Edmund Weirotter
- Artist Nationality
- Austrian
- Medium and Support
- engraving in black ink on white laid paper
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Austria (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Austria (nation)
- Inscription
- 5 slight tears on left edge, indicating the leaf's former book binding.
- TOP IMAGE. Artist signature in plate, top right corner: F. E. Weirotter, fecit
- Artist signature in plate, bottom left corner: Weirotter
- Numeral beneath image, bottom right corner: 2
- BOTTOM IMAGE. Artist signature in plate, bottom center: F. E. Weirotter, fecit
- Marks in plate, bottom right corner: ff or JJ
- Dimensions
- Each: 48.9 cm x 32.07 cm (19 1/4 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- black and white print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Secondary Object Type
- leaf
- Physical Description
- Tears on left edge, indicating former binding.
- TOP IMAGE. On the bottom right appears a river, with at least three boats moored against her banks. Along the shore, in the central bottom area of the image, is a large groups of figures, potentially a local market area. In the center of the image is a plank bridge with figures carrying bundles, and the bridge (ramp) leads from the center to the top left, where it connects with a large brink palazzo-type structure. In the central background stands a large thatched and planked group of dwellings. A pile of barrels fill the bottom left corner.
- BOTTOM IMAGE. A three-arch stone bridge with crossing figures spans the image from center right edge to the bottom left corner. Underneath pass small rapids with rocks. At the bottom right corner is a group of three, perhaps with a fishing pole; the left and right figures kneel, while the central figure stands with pole in hands, pointing up. A cross - perhaps a medieval pilgrimage marker - stands at the left-hand end of the bridge. On the right-hand side behind the bridge are tall stone pediments, perhaps dwellings or fortress-like walls. A distant part of the river and its structures can be seen in the left-hand corner.
- Subject Matter
- TOP IMAGE. A genre market scene on the banks of a river, with houses and architectural structures.
- BOTTOM IMAGE. A three-arch bridge over small rapids with travellers and fisherman. Architectural structures in the background and on the remote river banks in the bottom left corner.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- events
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
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- sales events
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2515 x 3812
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.116
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.116/2007_2_116.jpg
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"A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets; Franz Edmund Weirotter." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.116/2007_2_116.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.