Travelers at the Rock Arch in the Uttewalder Grund

1804

Not on view

Jentzsch, a landscape specialist active at the Dresden court in the beginning of the nineteenth century, depicted tourists visiting a natural attraction in the Uttewalder Valley known as the Felsentor ("rock arch"). A number of German Romantic artists sketched the dramatic spot, a narrow passage between two high cliffs. In this sheet, two gentlemen assist their ladies in crossing a precarious bridge of planks as another man examines the remarkable rock formations through his spectacles.

Artwork Details

Title: Travelers at the Rock Arch in the Uttewalder Grund
Artist: Johann Moritz Gottfried Jentzsch (German, Hinterjessen 1759–1826 Dresden)
Date: 1804
Medium: Brown ink and wash on wove paper
Dimensions: sheet: 13 1/4 x 15 15/16 in. (33.7 x 40.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Martin Moeller, 2004
Object Number: 2004.82
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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