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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1819 creation date earliest: 1819 creation date latest: 1819 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection copyright: --- culture: Germany, 19th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Apell 92 --- CREATORS * Johann Christoph Erhard (German, 1795–1822) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: II/III edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1969 opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1969. 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 Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. 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 Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004). --- 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. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.243/1969.243_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.243/1969.243_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.243/1969.243_full.tif