We have 22 artworks by Johann Heinrich Wüest online. We have 1824 paintings online.
The 'Haus zum Granatapfel' (Kratzgasse 7) in Zurich had been owned by the Finsler family since the second quarter of the 18th century and was demolished in 1880 as part of the urban redevelopment of the neighbourhood between Fraumünster and the lake.
Mounted in the 'Gesellschaftssaal of the Künstlergüetli' in 1888 with a contribution from the Friesian legacy. 79 panels, all oil on wood:19 composed landscapes as wall panneaux, Inv. 475 a-q (16 panels) and 60 panels with ornaments and garlands, inv. 477 a-aa (26 panels).
The landscape paintings show, among other things, a farmstead, a waterfall between rocks, an inn with a pergola next to a river landscape and offer a rococo view of the tradition of Dutch landscape painting of the Golden Age.
In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
Also known as
Panels of the Landscaperoom from the Finsler's House at Kratz, Zurich. 79 Panels
Medium
Oil on panel
Inventory number
475 a-q; 476 r-t; 477
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by the city council for the centenary celebrations of the Künstlergesellschaft, 1888
Signature
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Inscriptions
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Exemplar
79 Tafeln
Accession year
1888
Provenance
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About the provenance
State of research 01.01.2007
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 68-70.