Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest (Predjama Castle in Carniola, Twelve Hours from Trieste)

1816

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Associated Names
Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Artist, German, 1781 - 1841

The image shows a grand castle built into a mountainside. The scene includes towering cliffs, forests, and the castle with multiple towers and walls. The castle is partially integrated into the rocky cliff face. The detailed artwork features fine lines, cross-hatching for texture, and a monochromatic sepia color palette. Buildings with sloped roofs stand among trees in the foreground, while the castle dominates the background with steep cliffs rising behind it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on golden paper (on R.A. Winkler's original mat)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39.1 x 31.1 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.52.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Winkler 1975, no. 763, State .9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rolf A. Winkler (d. 1989); (Garton and Company, Wiltshire); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Winkler, Rolf A. Die Fruhzeit der deutschen Lithographie. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1975.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: Steindruck; lower center in stone: DAS SCHLOSS PREDIAMA IN CREIN XII STUND: VON TRIEST.; lower right in stone: nach der Natur und mit der Feder auf / Stein gezeichnet von Schinkel 1816.

Wikidata ID

Q75421912

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