The Ruin of Kalsmunt near Wetzlar. Ruin on a Mountain, View across a Broad River Valley. A Couple Reading in a Meadow in the Foreground, 1805

Title

The Ruin of Kalsmunt near Wetzlar. Ruin on a Mountain, View across a Broad River Valley. A Couple Reading in a Meadow in the Foreground

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Christian Reinermann

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and gouache on matt wove paper

Material

• watercolours
• gouache paint
• vellum paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder): F. C: Reinermann 1805

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape
• genre

Main Motif

• Burg Kalsmunt (Wetzlar)
• ruin
• Wetzlar
• Alte Lahnbrücke (Wetzlar)
• Lahn
• Dill (river)
• riverscape
• forest
• valley
• couple
• woman
• man
• group of people
• animal
• building

Primary

• 25I9 landscape with ruins
• 61F(BURG KALSMUNT) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (BURG KALSMUNT)
• 61E(WETZLAR) names of cities and villages (WETZLAR)
• 61D(LAHN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (LAHN) (LAHN)
• 61D(DILL) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (DILL) (DILL)
• 25H15 forest, wood
• 25H11 mountains
• 31D14(+53) adult man (+ sitting)
• 31D15(+53) adult woman (+ sitting)
• 31D14(+51) adult man (+ standing)

Secondary

• 25H12 dale, valley
• 25H17 meadow, pasture
• 47I214 goat
• 25F24(STAG) hoofed animals: stag