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| At the Edge of the Forest |
Artist:August Heinrich (German, Dresden 1794–1822 Innsbruck)
Date:ca. 1820
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:10 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund; and Wolfe Fund and Gift of Frederick Loeser, by exchange, 2008
Accession Number:2008.6
This view opens towards meadows and the distant Elbsandsteingebirge, sandstone mountains rising to the south of Dresden. Heinrich approached landscape with the sober objectivity of a botanist, which set him apart from his Romantic colleagues Friedrich and Dahl. This is one of only five known paintings by Heinrich; a related study is in the Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt.
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