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From 1819 To 1826

  • Yoel Davis

Yoel Davis

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Austrian, 1769–1851 / The Met

    The light screen consists of four leaves, each consisting of two topographical views of Vienna, identified by inscriptions beneath, in translucent enamels on glass.
    The light screen is set into a frame of blond wood trimmed with darker wood.
    The frame has a wood panel in the lowest register set with a framed, mother-of-pearl, shaped cartouche.

A Huntsman and a Peasant Woman by the Isar River with a View of Munich

German, Mannheim 1766–1853 Munich / The Met

    This picture exemplifies Kobell's small, jewel-like Begegnungsbilder, or "encounter pictures," which depict meetings between peasants, mounted horsemen, or gentry, usually in scenic locales in the southeast German region of Bavaria.
    Here, a hunter and his dog (a Riesenbracke) appear alongside a small boy and a young peasant woman who wears the traditional costume of the region around Munich.
    Behind them is a sweeping view across the banks of the Isar River toward the city's skyline.
   Kobell made a companion painting to this one, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art

View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine from the Palatine

French, Paris 1795–1875 Paris / The Met

    This work straddles the boundary between a sketch and a finished painting.
    Key monuments are shown as fragments of a compositional whole that is equal parts natural and urban, ancient and modern.
    In the foreground, the broken contours of a grassy row of arches playfully anticipate the forms of the architecture beyond.

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