Der Gesprengte und der Bibliotheke Thurm von Heidelberger Schloß (The Exploded Tower and the Library of Heidelberg Castle)

1820

Ernst Fries

Associated Names
Ernst Fries

Artist, German, 1801 - 1833

The image shows a stone tower in a state of disrepair. The tower is off-center, dominating the scene. The setting seems historical, with ruins and rocky arches visible. The artwork is detailed, resembling traditional etching with fine lines. It is colored in sepia tones. Trees surround the tower, with two figures present near it. Another tower can be seen in the distance. The sky is depicted with a soft gradient and textured clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph with tone plate on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.3 × 34 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 × 36.6 cm (12 15/16 × 14 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.204

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Winkler 1975, no. 9, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 12, 1997; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1975

  • Winkler, Rolf A. Die Fruhzeit der deutschen Lithographie. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1975: no. 9, i/ii

Inscriptions

lettered in image, at lower left: EF; lettered below image, at right: Ernst Fries fec. 1820.; lettered below image: Der gesprengte & der Bibliothek Thurm vom Heidelberger Schloße. / Vue des Teurs fendue & de Bibliotheque du Château du Heidelberg.

Wikidata ID

Q76556348

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