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The Artists on Their Journey
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About this work
This image was created to capture the memory of a walking tour by the artist and four friends through the Salzburg-Berchtesgaden region of the Alps in August, 1818. Klein depicted his friends—all artists—with backpacks, easels, and satchels for carrying their artist’s materials. Artists working in the Romantic era placed importance on travel as a path to self-knowledge and creative inspiration.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Artists on Their Journey, 1819. Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792–1875). Etching on wove paper; plate: 24.5 x 30.3 cm (9 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.); sheet: 29.3 x 34 cm (11 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Margaret and Peter Dobbins in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Print Club of Cleveland, 2018.304
