Campanile of a Cathedral for Berlin
1831
Artist, German, 1781 - 1841

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and gray ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache, with a border in pen and green ink with gold wash, on wove paper laid down on card
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.4 x 18.8 cm (11 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
image: 26.1 x 15.5 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2007.111.33
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich Wilhelm IV [1795-1861], King of Prussia; presented 20 January 1845 to the Schinkel Museum, Berlin, inventory number S. 202 N.5 (Lugt 2362c); returned 11 February 1845 to the King; Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippesche Hofbibliothek, Bückeburg, Inv. no. 35384; (sold, Kunsthandel Groth, Berlin, 9 May 1935). Private collection, Berlin, possibly Friedrich Winkler; Eva Dencker-Winkler, Zurich. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich, 1997. Purchased 2007 by NGA
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 19, 35, 38, no. 78, under no. 80.
Bibliography
1941
Rave, Paul Ortwin. Karl Friedrich Schinkel: Lebenswerk. Vol 2. Berlin. Erster Teil. Bauten für die Kunst, Kirchen/Denkmalpflege. Munich, 1941: 226, fig. 132; 228; 231, no. 52.
1978
Reuther, Hans. Die Museuminsel in Berlin. Berlin, 1978: 170, under no. 30.
1980
Schümann, Carl-Wolfgang. Der Berliner Dom im 19. Jahrhundert. Berlin, 1980: 28.
Inscriptions
signed and dated at bottom right in gray ink: Schinkel 31; verso at bottom left in brown ink, an inv. no.: S. 202. N. 1.
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64591869