Tuesday. Mountain Fortress of Salzburg from the Southside

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Tuesday. Mountain Fortress of Salzburg from the Southside

1818-1822

Ferdinand Olivier (German, 1785–1841)

About two decades after the invention of lithography in Munich, Ferdinand Olivier, in Vienna, used the new printing medium to create an album of seven landscapes representing the days of the week, each a simple scene of daily life set against one of the majestic monuments of the Salzburg region. Recognizable religious allusions are combined with references to natural cycles—the times of day, the days of the week, the seasons of the year, and the ages of life. Each lithograph is a careful construction of light and shadow, using two stones to create three colors. Executed over a period of five years, from 1818 to 1823, Olivier’s album of lithographs is justly celebrated as one of the most beautiful sets of landscape prints ever made.

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Object Details

Title:

Tuesday. Mountain Fortress of Salzburg from the Southside
Dienstag. Bergveste Salzburg von der Mittagseite, From the album Seven Places in Salzburg and Berchtesgaden, Arranged According to the Seven Days of the Week, United by Two Allegorical Plates, Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden. Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden durch zwei allegorische Blätter (Vienna: 1823)

Date:

1818-1822

Artist:

Ferdinand Olivier (German, 1785–1841)

Medium:

Lithograph printed from two stones in black and tan inks

Dimensions:

Image: 7 11/16 × 10 5/8 inches (19.5 × 27 cm) Sheet: 14 9/16 × 20 11/16 inches (37 × 52.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection (by exchange), 1997

Accession Number:

1997-170-3

Geography:

Made in Austria, Europe

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