image © Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Vue prise dans le petit bois nommé le Bachiholzli pres de Thoune

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Additional makers

Print maker - Johann Hürlimann

Description

Two walkers in a forest clearing stop to observe the tomb of a knight with an inscription; to the right in the background is a lake and mountains. Aquatint with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered on the tombstone: "Hier im schatten seines haines / dichtete vormals / der edle ritter heinrich von stratlingen / der minne sanger/ seine lieder der freud und der minne".

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

From the Watercolour World

Location

Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Country

Switzerland

Medium

Print