id:			144603
accession number:	1969.243
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.243
updated:		2023-01-19 15:20:48.612000

Old Man Before the Log Bridge, 1819. Johann Christoph Erhard (German, 1795–1822). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1969.243

title:				Old Man Before the Log Bridge
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creation date:			1819
creation date earliest:		1819
creation date latest:		1819
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
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culture:	Germany, 19th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Apell 92

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CREATORS

* Johann Christoph Erhard (German, 1795–1822)  - artist

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state of the work:	II/III
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator
	opening date:   1985-05-28T04:00:00
	<i>Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century".  No exhibition catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
This print comes from a series of four etchings known as the "Salzburg landscapes with large figures." Johann Erhard used the setting of the figures in the landscape to hint at wider concerns. This composition of an elderly man approaching a bridge may be read as a metaphor for crossing the boundary between life and death. In Erhard’s oeuvre, the beauty of the landscape gives no assurance of a carefree way of life. His pessimistic outlook can be linked to his mental collapse and suicide in 1822.
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