Skizzenbuch, 1840

Buchblock mit Einband: 201 x 139 x 10 mm
Buchblock ohne Einband: 195 x 130 x 5 mm

Physical Description: Pencil, pen and brown ink, brush in black, partly coloured with brush in blue, yellow, red, light blue and grey, on wove paper, in paperback, covered with marbled paper

Inventory Number: SG 2733

Object Number: SG 2733 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1942

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

Ludwig Metz took this sketchbook, dated from May to June 1840, with him on one of his journeys through Hessia. The regular inscriptions document the artist’s itinerary from Friedberg via Marburg and Wetter and on towards northern Hessia. With few exceptions, he drew accurate pencil drawings of architectures and landscapes. The various Gothic churches along his route seem to have particularly interested the architect Metz, as he studied their architectures, floor plans and the surrounding landscapes in detail, often from different perspectives.

For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Skizzenbuch

Draughtsman

Ludwig Metz

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pencil, pen and brown ink, brush in black, partly coloured with brush in blue, yellow, red, light blue and grey, on wove paper, in paperback, covered with marbled paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Sketchbook

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Verschiedene Notizen und Bezeichnungen des Künstlers im Buch
Datiert auf dem vorderen Spiegel von fremder Hand (mit Bleistift): 1840