Landscape with Village, Mill, Pond and Trees

Date19th century

Maker Johann Chr. Xeller German, 1784-1872

Object number52.29

ProvenanceStrauss-Negbauer, Berlin; LeRoy M. Backus collection (1879-1948), Seattle, Washington; bequest from Mr. Backus to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1952

Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, 1946. New York, New York, Schaeffer Galleries, The Backus Collection, Nov. 1948. Cat. no. 35. Seattle, Wash., Seattle Art Museum, The Le Roy M. Backus Memorial Collection, 1952. Cat. no. 13, reproduced [as Massys]. Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, Gothic to Baroque in Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Oct. 30 - Dec. 31, 1960. Cat. no. 89. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Old Master Drawings From the Seattle Art Museum Collection, Feb. 7 - Mar. 30, 1980 (Owensboro, Kentucky, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Aug. 30 - Oct. 4, 1981; Claremont, California, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Nov. 14 - Dec. 18, 1981; San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, Jan. 1 - 30, 1982; El Paso, Texas, El Paso Museum of Art, Mar. 1 - Mar. 29, 1982; Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, May 8 - June 5, 1982; Baton Rouge, Louisiana Art and Science Center, June 27- July 23, 1982; Littleton, Colorado, Northern Colorado Gallery for the Arts, Arapaho Community College, Sept. 3 - Oct. 1, 1982). Text by Erna Mandowsky. Cat. no. 31, p. 21, reproduced p. 12.Published References

Credit LineLeRoy M. Backus Collection

Dimensions7 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (19.5 x 38 cm)

MediumPencil