Art, literature & historyThe Large German Landscape
1841
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on buff wove paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.8 × 43.2 cm (12 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.); Chine: 41.5 × 50.7 cm (16 3/8 × 20 in.); Plate: 42.7 × 52 cm (16 13/16 × 20 1/2 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 66.2 cm (22 1/4 × 26 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1995.35.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Large German Landscape — Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. 1841.
Medium: Etching on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on buff wove paper (chine collé). Dimensions: Image: 31.8 × 43.2 cm (12 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.); Chine: 41.5 × 50.7 cm (16 3/8 × 20 in.); Plate: 42.7 × 52 cm (16 13/16 × 20 1/2 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 66.2 cm (22 1/4 × 26 1/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.