Johann Adam Klein
Nuremberg 1792- 1857 Munich
View of the Castle of Nuremberg with “Sinnwellturm”
1827
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, watercolour in grey and blue
11,5 x 8,5 cm
Signed and dated lower left "J.A. Klein del. 1827."
Inscribed by the artist lower middle: "Aussicht vom fünfeckigen Thurm gegen die Burg."
Exhibited:
"Johann Adam Klein - Ein Nürnberger Künstler des 19. Jahrhunderts", Buch+Kunstantiquariat E+R Kistner, Nürnberg 1986, p. 57 (ill.)
Literature:
Preparatory drawing for sheet 3 of the series of 12 sheets „Aus- und Ansichten der Burg zu Nürnberg,“ published 1827-29, Verlag J. L. Schrag Nürnberg, First booklet
Enclosed:
Engraving of the same motif by Friedrich Geißler (1778 - Nuremberg -1853) after J.A. Klein.
Engraving: 12 x 9 cm
Sheet: 17 x 12 cm
Inscribed on the plate lower left: "J. A. Klein del." and lower right: "Fried. Geißler sculp Nbg 1828"