DOI article:
Kozieł, Andrzej: Michael Wilmann - i. e. David Heidenreich: the "Rudolphian" drawings by Michael Willmann
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18946#0078
8. D. Heidenreich,
Landscape with
Waterfall and
Fisherman, Stuttgart;
Staatsgalerie,
cat. no. 14r
(Phot. Staatsgalerie,
Stuttgart)
compared with other pieces. Two further works: the study of a fragment of
a male torso towing a line as seen from the back (cat. no. 16v) as well as the
portrayal of a putto holding a column (cat. no. 16r) were also most likely
copied from an unknown graphic model. The fragmentary rendering of the
subject-matter as well as the quick and precise line build up without wash are
testimonies to this assertion.
The remainder of the works are the fruit of the artist’s personal visual
concepts. 'They consist of studies of figure types such as the angel blowing
a horn (cat. no. 18v), a man in antique attire bending over (cat. no. 6), two
men carrying heavy loads (cat. no. 2), the bust of a young woman (cat. no. 9v),
a young woman sitting with a raised arm (cat. no. 4), or young woman playing
a lute with a putto standing beside her, holding the sheet music (cat. no. 7) - works
that only can be defined on the preiconographic level - as well as those that rely
on fully independent subject-matter. The unusual diversity of the subject-matter
evokes astonishment: a sketch of a beautiful mountainous landscape with
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Landscape with
Waterfall and
Fisherman, Stuttgart;
Staatsgalerie,
cat. no. 14r
(Phot. Staatsgalerie,
Stuttgart)
compared with other pieces. Two further works: the study of a fragment of
a male torso towing a line as seen from the back (cat. no. 16v) as well as the
portrayal of a putto holding a column (cat. no. 16r) were also most likely
copied from an unknown graphic model. The fragmentary rendering of the
subject-matter as well as the quick and precise line build up without wash are
testimonies to this assertion.
The remainder of the works are the fruit of the artist’s personal visual
concepts. 'They consist of studies of figure types such as the angel blowing
a horn (cat. no. 18v), a man in antique attire bending over (cat. no. 6), two
men carrying heavy loads (cat. no. 2), the bust of a young woman (cat. no. 9v),
a young woman sitting with a raised arm (cat. no. 4), or young woman playing
a lute with a putto standing beside her, holding the sheet music (cat. no. 7) - works
that only can be defined on the preiconographic level - as well as those that rely
on fully independent subject-matter. The unusual diversity of the subject-matter
evokes astonishment: a sketch of a beautiful mountainous landscape with
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