Artist: Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (Austrian, 1805-1880), after. [attributed to].
Artist: Jakob Gauermann (1773–1843) was a German landscape and genre painter and engraver.
Title: Scene with a Man being taken Prisoner.
Signed with monogram J. G. [on the stone lower center].
Dimensions: 10 1/4" x 16 5/8". Support 12 7/8" x 19 1/2".
Date: 1838-1840.
Materials and Techniques: Pencil drawing on wove paper glued on top to the supporting sheet.
Mat and Frame: supporting sheet.
Provenance:
- Swann Auction Galleries, Jan 23, 2003.
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Austrian School XIX C. German School XIX C.
Note: attribution and dating are based on a pencil note on the supporting sheet.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.