Not on display

Groups of Cypress and Cedar Trees in Painshill

Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746 - 1824)

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Made ca 1780

Material / Technique

Graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on paper

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 17,6 x 15,6 cm h x w: Passepartout 55 x 42 cm

Inventory numberNMH 25/1992 recto

AcqusitionPurchase 1992

Other titlesTitel (sv): Grupper av cypresser och cederträd i Painshill Titel (en): Groups of Cypress and Cedar Trees in Painshill Tidigare: Passage över grottan och bron

DescriptionDescription: If you study Fredrik Magnus Piper’s garden plans, you can easily identify the different species of trees, which are given an individual character in contrast to the uniformity of the previous epochs. Painshill was one of the English parks that he was most fascinated by. Here, Piper has drawn exotic trees such as cypresses and cedars, which were never an option in Sweden, but he replicated their shapes and colours using domestic species.

Depicted place

Painshill

Collection

MaterialPaper, Ink

TechniqueWash drawing, Drawing