Johann Heinrich Schilbach ( Barchfeld 1798 - 1851 Darmstadt)
An open-air view of Olevano, ca. 1824
21,2 x 29,4 cm
Oil on paper, layed down on cardboard
Provenance:
Collection Dorothea Koch ( grandchild of the artist), Darmstadt
Literatur:
G. Bergsträsser, J.H. Schilbach. Ein Darmstädter Maler der Romantik, Darmstadt 1959.
Ausst.Katalog Hessisches Landesmuseum, J.H. Schilbach 1798-1851. Ein Traum vom Süden. Darmstadt 2000, S. 148 Abb. u. 149 f.
We are grateful to Dr. Peter Märker, Darmstadt, for his confirmation of the attribution to Schilbach
The preparatory pencil drawing for this plein-air oil sketch was executed by Schilbach during his stay in Olevano together with the painters Heinrich Reinhold and Johann Joachim Faber in 1824 ( see Schilbach exhib. Cat. 2000, Nr. 15).