677 - W. RAU (*1827) after RICHTER (*1803), A Hiker Taking a Break in the Mühlental Valley, 1857, lithograph

W. RAU (*1827) after RICHTER (*1803), A Hiker Taking a Break in the Mühlental Valley, 1857, lithograph Woldemar Rau (1827 Dresden – 1889 ibid.) after Ludwig Richter (1803 Dresden – 1884 ibid.): Hiker resting in the Mühlental valley, camped on a raised meadow, 1857, lithograph Technique: Lithography on China paper, mounted on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 3241 Inscription: Lower right, inscribed on the printing plate: “Down there in the deep valley, the water turns a wheel [...]”. Date: 1857 Description: A peaceful scene in nature. A young hiker with a dog lying in the grass and looking toward a mill. Source: From Ludwig Richter’s Sketchbook. Landscape Studies and Figurative Elements Transferred to Stone from the Originals by Woldemar Rau. First issue, 1857 | print suite, Landscape Literature: Budde, Karl: Adrian Ludwig Richter. Painter and Engraver. Catalog of His Complete Graphic Works by Johann Friedrich Hoffmann; Freiburg im Breisgau 1922. Cat. Rais. No.: 3241. Keywords: Nature, landscape, mill, peace, silence, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: China paper: 13.3 cm x 18.3 cm (5.2 x 7.2 in) Condition: Very good condition. Slightly foxed. Slightly wavy along the upper edge.