Channel of Lake Albano, 1824

Title

Channel of Lake Albano

Draughtsman

• Ernst Fries

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Aquarell über Bleistift

Material

• watercolours
• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• landscape study
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben im Gewölbe (mit Bleistift): Gewölb ist zerrissen / gelber reflex; im See: Waßer; auf dem Weg: Licht; im Schilf: Schilf licht; auf dem Boden: grün und [...] grau; unten links: f [Florint] 30

Captions Added Later

Unten links Nachlasstrockenstempel Ernst Fries, Karlsruhe (Lugt 4304); verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Wechssler 2000.179.171

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape

Main Motif

• building
• mountain
• Alban Hills
• Lake Albano

Primary

• 61F(EMISSARIO DEL LAGO DI ALBANO) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (EMISSARIO DEL LAGO DI ALBANO)
• 25H22 canal
• 46C114 underground road, tunnel
• 61D(LAGO DI ALBANO) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (LAGO DI ALBANO) (LAGO DI ALBANO)
• 25H214 lake
• 61D(ALBANI, COLLI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ALBANI, COLLI) (ALBANI, COLLI)

Secondary

• 25H11 mountains
• 25H151 deciduous forest