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SAMUEL RÖSEL (1768 or 69 Breslau - 1843 Potsdam)
from: Sketchbook with 17 Landscape Drawings and Views of
Silesian Towns
Sketch book bound in green leather cover with monogram "A.P.".
It contains 17 page-filling ink sketches in black and grey
ink, over preliminary graphite sketches. The pages are made
of wove paper (115 x 185 mm).
Motifs of Breslau (now Wroc?aw) and the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše)
in Slesia are depicted.
The artist drew graphite sketches on-site, and carefully
reworked them later on in ink. Thereby transforming the
preliminary sketches into drawings rich in contrast.The
different shades of grey create a subtle illusion of depth.
The drawings are entitled in Rösel's handwriting as follows:
1) "Katholische Begräbniß Kirche St. Michaelis bei Breslau.
5 August 1810"
2) "d. 23 Jul. 10 bei Hirschberg", Felsen und Baum
3) "bei Hirschberg. 23 Jul. 10", Felsen und Bäume
4) "bei Hirschberg. 23 Jul 10"; Felsen und Bäume im
Hintergrund Personen und Berge
5) "St. Annenkirche in Hirschberg am Schidaer Thor. / am
Annen Tage. 26. Jul. 10. gez."
6) "hinter den 4 Thürmen bei Breslau 4. Aug. 10."
7) "Friesenstein bei Schmiedeberg. 15 Aug 10"
8) "Friesen Stein bei Schmiedeberg 15 Aug. 10"
9) "Johannisbad 17 Aug. 10"
10) "Kalkbruch bei Johannisbad. 18 Aug 10"
11) "im Sattler bei Hirschberg. Am Bober. 24. Aug. 10."
12) "in Buchwald 1 Sept. 10.", Felsentor
13) "ein Blick auf Hohwiese vom Birkberg. 4 Sept. 10" und
"Friesen Steine" (auf Anhöhe)
14) "bei Buchwald am Wege vom Birkberge. 4 Sept. 10"
15) "am Kreuzhof zu Breslau. 3. Aug 10"
16) "Jannowiz. 5. Sept. 10"
17) "Bolzenschloß. / 6. Sept. 10."
I am grateful to Professor Helmut Börsch-Supan for the
attribution.
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