4058 - Adrian Zingg, attributed, Dresden landscape

Adrian Zingg, attributed, Dresden landscape View from Cosel’s Garden, across the River Elbe with boats passing by, towards Loschwitz, with subtle figurative elements; probably an etching washed in ink, late 18th century/early 19th century, unsigned, handwritten artist’s details and title ‘View from Cosel’s Garden towards Loschwitz’ on an adhesive label on the reverse, mounted in a passe-partout and framed under glass, sheet dimensions approx. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Artist’s details: also known as Adrian Zink, Swiss landscape draughtsman, etcher and copperplate engraver (1734, St. Gallen - 1816, Leipzig), is regarded as a pioneer of modern Dresden landscape painting; son of the gunsmith and steel-cutter Bartholomäus Zingg; pupil of Johann Rudolf Holzhalb in Zurich; from 1757, initially as an apprentice, later as a draughtsman and engraver with Johann Ludwig Aberli in Bern; in 1759 travelled to Paris with Aberli, where he met Johann Georg Wille, who introduced him to prominent figures; from then on, he worked with Wille until 1766, In 1764, appointed by Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn to the newly founded Dresden Academy and worked there from 1766; developed a friendship with Anton Graff; in Dresden, he was influenced by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, known as ‘Dietricy’ (1712-1774), whose prints Zingg completed after Dietricy’s death; in 1769, he became a member of the Vienna Academy; in 1787 a member of the Berlin Academy; from 1803 a professor at the Dresden Academy and appointed court engraver to the Elector; ran a drawing and engraving workshop in Dresden; sold his works himself at the Leipzig Fair, amongst other places; source: Thieme-Becker, Sikart and Wikipedia.