id: 156978 accession number: 1993.134 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.134 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:50.741000 The Old Willow at a Brook, 1794. Georg von Dillis (German, 1759–1841). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.134 title: The Old Willow at a Brook title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1794 creation date earliest: 1794 creation date latest: 1794 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, late 18th Century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Andressen 30 --- CREATORS * Georg von Dillis (German, 1759–1841) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: II edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: After an initial phase of classically influenced landscape painting, Dillis’s work achieved a newfound naturalism and freedom. He based this close-up view of a thicket on direct observation of nature. Dillis’s dense network of lines form a filigree-like pattern of trees and foliage. One of only two etchings that Dillis published during his lifetime, this informal composition and its loose style reveal the influence of Jacob van Ruisdael, a Dutch landscapist of the 17th century. In addition to being an artist, Dillis was an outstanding connoisseur and assembled a large print collection of his own. He became one of the first great German museum directors whose impact on the history of art was enormous. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.134/1993.134_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.134/1993.134_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.134/1993.134_full.tif