Artworks · Salomon Gessner

Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk

1785 · gouache on laid paper

overall: 28.1 x 38.8 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Satyrs in a Forest

1777 · etching on laid paper

plate: 19.5 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 21.8 cm (10 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

1775 · Gouache, watercolour; framing lines in pen and brown ink

sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (27.6 x 39 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moral Tales and New Idylls (Contes Moraux et Nouvelles Idylles)

1773 · Book with etchings with engraving in black on off-white laid paper

24.9 × 21 × 2.8 cm (9 13/16 × 8 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hylas and the Nymphs

1771 · etching on laid paper

plate: 24.1 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 38.4 cm (10 13/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Putto Visiting a Girl at a Fountain

1771 · etching on laid paper

plate: 22.1 x 17.1 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 27.7 x 38.6 cm (10 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Apollo with a Bow and Dragon

1771 · etching on laid paper

plate: 21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Leda and the Swan

1770 · etching on laid paper

plate: 22.2 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.6 x 38.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figurine Seller with Two Girls

1770 · etching on laid paper

plate: 15.9 x 19.5 cm (6 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Eros with Three Girls at a Fountain

1770 · etching on laid paper

plate: 14.9 x 18.6 cm (5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 38.4 cm (10 13/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Girl Carrying a Basket of Fruit

1770 · etching on laid paper

plate: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 28 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Rape of Ganymede

1769 · etching on laid paper

plate: 22 x 16.9 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Sleeping Sprites with a Satyr

1769 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11.6 x 14.4 cm (4 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Satyr Carrying a Nymph on His Back

1769 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11.8 x 14.4 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 38.2 cm (10 13/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Satyr Carrying a Nymph

1769 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11.7 x 14.4 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 12 x 14.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape with an Antique Tomb and Two Wayfarers

1768 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over a sketch in black chalk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Rustic Gate beside a Lake

1764 · etching on laid paper

plate: 21.8 x 19 cm (8 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 29.6 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Villagers at a City Gate Greeting a Dignitary

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 21.5 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Shepherds in a Rocky Landscape

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 20.6 x 18.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 25.9 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Shepherd and a Young Woman With Their Feet in a Brook

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 20.7 x 19 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Fisherman and Two Children in a Landscape with Thatched Cottages

1764 · etching on laid paper

plate: 21.4 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cattle Resting in a Grove with a Man Seated beside a Brook

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 21.5 x 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 25.8 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Wooded Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 20.8 x 19 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Fountain in a Summerhouse

1764 · etching on laid paper

plate: 20.9 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26.1 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Wooded Landscape with a Pollarded Tree

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Wooded Landscape with a Herd of Goats and a Herm

1764 · etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

plate: 20.8 x 18.9 cm (8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Procession through a Rustic Gate

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 21.8 × 18.8 cm (8 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 27.8 cm (15 7/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscapes Dedicated to M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 21 × 18.3 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 27.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shepherds and Sheep Resting Under a Bridge, plate seven from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.7 × 18.8 cm (8 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple Seated in a Glade

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.7 × 19 cm (8 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.7 × 27.8 cm (15 1/4 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fishermen with Children, plate two from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 21.2 × 18.9 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 27.6 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Reading a Book

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 28 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fishing from a Window, plate three from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.7 × 19 cm (8 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.7 × 27.8 cm (15 1/4 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nymph Hiding in a Tree, plate eight from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.7 × 18.8 cm (8 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Trellised Fountain, frontispiece from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.8 × 18.5 cm (8 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 27.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheep by a Statue of Pan, plate five from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

1764 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 20.8 × 18.9 cm (8 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 39 × 27.3 cm (15 3/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Satyr family, on the move

1730 · Etching

sheet: 4 7/16 x 5 11/16 in. (11.2 x 14.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art