Gruppe von fünf hohen Bäumen mit Durchblick auf eine weite Landschaft, rechts vorne eine sitzende und eine stehende Frau und ein Kind by Marquard Wocher

Gruppe von fünf hohen Bäumen mit Durchblick auf eine weite Landschaft, rechts vorne eine sitzende und eine stehende Frau und ein Kind 

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drawing, paper, ink, graphite, charcoal

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drawing

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ink painting

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landscape

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charcoal drawing

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paper

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ink

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romanticism

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graphite

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charcoal

Copyright: Public Domain

Marquard Wocher's drawing presents a scene with five tall trees framing a vast landscape, rendered with pen and brush in gray and brown ink over graphite. Wocher, born in Switzerland and active during a time of significant social upheaval in Europe, offers us a glimpse into the late 18th and early 19th-century sensibilities towards nature and society. In the foreground, a woman stands with a child, while another sits nearby, quietly existing within the landscape. Wocher's work invites us to consider the period's evolving notions of domesticity, gender roles, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. This artwork invites reflection on how landscape art can embody cultural values and social structures. It prompts us to consider the place of women and children within these spaces, and how they might have experienced or perceived their connection to nature and to one another.

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