The Nave and Apse, without a Transept, of a Cathedral for Berlin

1827/1828

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Artist, German, 1781 - 1841

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over graphite with traces of pricking on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.5 x 18.5 cm (11 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
    image: 27.1 x 17.2 cm (10 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.111.36


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. 77, 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: 228, 231, no. 48.

1978

  • Reuther, Hans. Die Museuminsel in Berlin. Berlin, 1978: 170, under no. 30.

Inscriptions

verso at bottom left in brown ink, an inv. no.: S. 202. N. 7.

Wikidata ID

Q64591875


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