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Joseph Anton Koch

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Pen drawing of a glacier and craggy alpine peaks above a valley, with a hunter and a peasant girl in the foreground.

The Grindelwald Glacier with Hunter and Peasant Girl in Foreground

c. 1823

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, three robed figures on a path, a classical doorway, and sheep near a wel

Landscape with Abraham and the Three Angels in the Valley of Mambre

1797

Brown wash drawing of two robed figures on a road under large trees, with a city, bridge and river in the distance.

Oedipus and Antigone Leave Thebes

1797

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a classical temple, distant hilltop ruins, large trees and small figures in the f

Landschaft bei Nemi mit Monte Cavo

1805

Pencil sketch of a Roman cityscape with rooftops and towers, above which three scroll-shaped volute consoles are drawn.

Ansicht von Rom, darüber drei Entwürfe für Voluten-Konsolen

Pen drawing of a pastoral landscape with Apollo playing lyre among shepherds, cattle by a stream, and trees.

Landschaft mit Apoll unter den Hirten

1832

Pen and ink landscape drawing of Saint George on horseback fighting a dragon, with a kneeling figure and distant mountains.

Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte

c. 1816

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded river god reclining with a lioness under a tree, with distant ruins in a landscape.

Flußgott Tiber mit Löwin, an der Quelle ruhend

1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with figures bathing by a stream beneath tall trees.

Landschaft mit Diana und Aktäon

1832

Pencil drawing of the Crucifixion on Calvary with three crosses, angels above, mourning figures and soldiers below.

The Kalvarienberg

1825

Faint pencil sketch of an arched doorway and stone architectural forms on pale paper.

Architecture

1832

Pen drawing of Bileam on a donkey halted by a winged angel with a sword, among trees and rocks in a landscape.

Bileam and his donkey

Pen drawing of an idealized landscape with a rainbow, classical temple, river, shepherds and a flock of sheep.

Heroische Landschaft mit Regenbogen

Pen and brown ink drawing of a landscape with a large tree, an ancient fountain, an ox cart and travelers on a road.

The Roman Campagna with an Ancient Fountain

1795

Ink and graphite drawing of two robed figures riding a scaled monster called Geryon above nude figures tumbling below.

Dante and Virgil Riding on the Back of Geryon

1821

Pen drawing of a hilltop town above waterfalls, with shepherd families, goats and a dog in the foreground.

Tivoli and the Waterfalls with Shepherd Families

1821

Pen drawing of Dante and Virgil riding the monster Geryon through clouds, with a serpent tail curling above.

Dante und Virgil auf dem Rücken Geryons (Dante Inferno, Canto 17, V 94)

Pen and ink drawing of Dante and Virgil walking past tormented figures among twisted trees, with winged figures above.

Dante und Virgil im Wald der Selbstmörder (Dante Inferno, Canto 13, V 31)

Pen drawing of winged horned Lucifer devouring sinners, with two cloaked poets at left, from Dante's Inferno.

Lucifer (Dante Inferno, Canto 34, V 37)

Pen drawing of an armed man watching two embracing lovers in a draped interior with a flower vase.

Francesca und Paolo von Malatesta überrascht (Dante Inferno, Canto 5, V 100)

Pen and brown ink drawing of winged figures, demons and swordsmen locked in a chaotic battle scene.

Am Pechsee der Krämer. Ciampolo von Navarra

1802

Pen and ink sketch of two robed figures above a crowd of writhing figures in a dark underworld scene.

Virgil beschwichtigt Cerberus (Dante Inferno, Canto 6, V 13)

Ink and wash drawing of horned demons struggling in a dense crowd, with a winged figure above, after Dante's Inferno.

Am Pechsee der Krämer Ciampolo von Navarra (Dante Inferno, Canto 22, V 34)

Pen drawing of nude sinners entangled with serpents in a cavern, with a winged demon and centaur at center, from Dante's Infe

Die Strafe der Diebe im Tal der Schlangen und Drachen (Dante Inferno, Canto 25, V 17)

Pen and ink drawing of horned demons with pitchforks tormenting sinners on a ledge, with robed onlookers above.

Am Pechsee der Krämer, der Ratsherr von Lucca (Dante Inferno, Canto 21, V 34)

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of classical figures gathered before columns and palm trees, with two central figures set apar

Dante und Virgil bei den Heiden im Limbus (Dante Inferno, Canto 4, V 52)

Pen and ink drawing of Dante and Virgil before a wood of bare trees with harpies and tormented souls, with Italian inscriptio

Dante und Virgil im Wald der Selbstmörder (Dante Inferno, Canto 13)

Pen sketch of a winged devil grabbing a reclining man while a haloed friar gestures beside them.

Skizze zu Guido da Montefeltro (Dante Inferno, Canto 27)

Pen sketch of a bent robed man with a laurel-crowned figure gesturing behind him, and a fallen figure lower right.

Die Vaterlandsverräter im Eis, Graf Ugolino und Erzbischof Ruggieri, sich gegenseitig zerfleischend (Dante Inferno, C…

Pen drawing of a haloed saint confronting a demon over a bound figure, with clergy and angels in a Gothic arcade.

Streit des Hl. Franziskus mit dem Satan um die Seele des Mönches Guido da Montefeltro (Dante Inferno, Canto 27, V 112)

Fünf Bildnisse

Brown wash drawing of nude figures and putti resting and dancing in a wooded pastoral landscape with a distant lake.

Das Goldene Zeitalter

Pen drawing of ruined Roman buildings and arcades behind trees, with small figures in the foreground landscape.

Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome

1810

Pen drawing of a wooded landscape with a Bacchic procession of satyrs, maenads and a centaur, with a distant hilltop temple.

The Triumph of Bacchus

18th-19th century

Ink sketch on blue paper of a winged demon flying and carrying a struggling man, with faint pencil lines behind.

Studie des Ratsherrn von Lucca (Dante Inferno, Canto 21, V 34)

Pen drawing of demons whipping crowds of naked sinners on an arched bridge, with two observers on a cliff above.

Kuppler, Betrüger und Schmeichler von den Teufeln gepeitscht (Dante Inferno, Canto 18, V 79)

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a shepherd and dogs in foreground trees, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Roman landscape with figures near Paliano

18th-19th century

Colored drawing of an enthroned allegorical woman under a rainbow with attendants, framed by a classical decorative border wi

Weekly Calendar

1822

Watercolor landscape of a hillside village above a bay, with dancing women and seated figures among trees in the foreground.

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the Foreground

1800

Pen drawing of Dante and Virgil observing Paolo and Francesca amid swirling souls, with Minos presiding above.

Dante und Vergil erblicken Paolo und Francesca, oben der Höllenrichter Minos

1805