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Chloe

1805

Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe

(German, 1757–1835)
Culture
Germany
Medium
etching on chine appliqué
Measurements
Image: 24.8 x 32.6 cm (9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.); Platemark: 32.4 x 39.5 cm (12 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43.4 x 55.6 cm (17 1/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Pete and Margaret Dobbins 2024.49
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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This work was printed on a chine collé (or appliqué), a sheet of translucent paper that has a slight sheen, affording a precious quality to the print.

Description

In this etching, Chloe, an alternate name for Demeter, Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility, reclines in a lush landscape complete with various figures, voluminous trees, a Greek temple, and a dramatic rockface. Less a narrative than a pastoral idyll, the scene evokes Romantic ideals circulating in Germany at the time that cast the relationship between humans and nature as one of direct, sometimes spiritual, experience. Carl Wilhelm Kolbe’s expert etching technique allows for both sweeping views and minute detail in one composition.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts a lush landscape. On the right, a woman leans over a reclining man beneath a massive, leafy tree. To the left, a stream cascades over jagged, craggy rocks. In the middle distance, three figures stand near a circular, classical ruin. Rolling hills and clouds fill the background. Fine, intricate lines and dense hatching create the scene. Inscriptions at the bottom read "CHLOE" and "IDILLE".

Chloe

1805

Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe

(German, 1757–1835)
Germany

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