Related external works: copy

Franz Horny nach Carl Philipp Fohr: Tiroler Landschaft mit der Ruine Fragenstein, Feder in Grau und Aquarell über Bleistift, 342 x 435 mm. Inv. Nr. KK 1246, Klassikstiftung Weimar (Märker 2015.346.Z.395a)

Johann Friedrich Schilbach nach Carl Philipp Fohr: Tiroler Landschaft mit der Ruine Fragenstein, 1824, Feder in Graubraun und Aquarell über Bleistift, 358 x 462 mm. Inv. Nr. HZ 1277, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (Märker 2015.346.Z.395b)

Unbekannt nach Carl Philipp Fohr: Tiroler Landschaft mit der Ruine Fragenstein, Aquarell und Feder in Grau und Schwarz über Bleistift auf Papier, 324 (328) x 423 mm. Privatbesitz, zuletzt Berlin, Bassenge, Auktion 107 vom 27. Mai 2016 (Märker 2015.346.Z.395c)

Gotthelf Emil Ludwig Friedrich nach Carl Philipp Fohr: Tiroler Landschaft mit der Ruine Fragenstein, 1863, Feder und Aquarell, 341 x 437 mm. Inv. Nr. 1106, Kunsthalle Mannheim (Märker 2015.346.Z.395d)

Landscape near Innsbruck with the Ruins at Fragenstein and Country People Returning Home and Working in the Fields, ca. 1816 – 1817 ?

Blatt: 340 x 438 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour and grey ink over pencil on light-brown wove paper

Inventory Number: 226

Object Number: 226 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1843

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Texts

About the Work

The romantic motif of the castle Fragenstein with country people in old German costumes goes back to a journey Fohr made as a young student on the trail of Albrecht Dürer from Munich via the Alps to Venice. The composition, probably composed later in Italy under the influence of Joseph Anton Koch, is built around the diagonal of the imposing mountains. Fohr sketches the outlines and details with a light, but sure hand. Above this, he sets the finely graduated, albeit rather two-dimensional, delicate, blue-green tones of the watercolour; they are not least responsible for the special charm of this drawing. When Fohr drowned in the Tiber at the age of 23 while bathing, he left only a few paintings, but over 900 works on paper. They show his great talent as a landscape painter and portraitist, making him an outstanding master of Romanticism.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Landscape near Innsbruck with the Ruins at Fragenstein and Country People Returning Home and Working in the Fields

Draughtsman

Carl Philipp Fohr

Production Place

Rome?

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour and grey ink over pencil on light-brown wove paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): [Farbnotizen]

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts (Nachlassbeschriftung, mit Bleistift): Carl Fohr fec; unten links (mit Bleistift): bei Innsbruck
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark: FHF

Work Catalogues: Märker 2015.345.Z.394

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

25I9landscape with ruins
61F(BURG FRAGENSTEIN)names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (BURG FRAGENSTEIN)
25H11mountains
46A14farmers
46AA14farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
47I141reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest

Secondary

25H183field filled with a crop
47I15(SCYTHE)agricultural implements: scythe
47I221herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
47I2211herd, flock
48CC7525one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors
46C145(farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart
41D3folk costume, regional costume
46C111ford
61D(TIROL)geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (TIROL) (TIROL)