I was also in Arcadia (Kai ego en Arkadia) (1789–1790): Art, History and Details

I was also in Arcadia (Kai ego en Arkadia) (1789–1790) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734–1816).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A Swiss etcher and draftsman primarily active in Germany, Adrian Zingg was esteemed as one of the most important landscapists of his generation. This Arcadian view—a technical marvel combining line etching with delicate washes of brown—is a superb example of the German Romantic landscape in which contemplative, idealized figures meditate and converse in a meticulously rendered wooded grove. It is thought that Zingg executed the etching and members of his workshop completed the hand coloring, following one of Zingg’s drawings.

Object facts

• Title: I was also in Arcadia (Kai ego en Arkadia)
• Date: 1789–1790
• Creator attribution: Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734–1816)
• Culture: Switzerland
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching hand-colored with wash
• Dimensions: Sheet: 44.5 x 61 cm (17 1/2 x 24 in.); Image: 44.5 x 61 cm (17 1/2 x 24 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2004.10

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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