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Gothic Cathedral Behind a Pond with Swans

A work made of pen and brush and brown wash, with brush and brown wash and watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brush and brown wash, with brush and brown wash and watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1810/15

Artist:

Karl Friedrich Schinkel
German, 1781-1841

About this artwork

Faced with a dearth of architectural commissions in French-occupied Berlin after 1806, the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel produced depictions of imagined architecture. Through these nostalgic concoctions Schinkel championed the Germanic Middle Ages by reviving a Gothic style of architecture over his more customary Neoclassical mode. Taking advantage of national sentiment, he found a market of buyers who longed for images of a simpler time. Schinkel’s own inscription from one of his contemporary lithographs could describe this work: an “attempt to express the lovely nostalgic sadness that fills the heart when the sound of the service emanates from the church.”

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Title

Gothic Cathedral Behind a Pond with Swans

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1810–1815

Medium

Pen and brush and brown wash, with brush and brown wash and watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "Schinkel"

Dimensions

24.4 × 18.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.1023

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