Campanile of a Cathedral for Berlin

1831

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Associated Names
Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Artist, German, 1781 - 1841

The image depicts a detailed architectural illustration of a towering structure made of stacked rectangular tiers. At the top is an ornate sculpture. The base is surrounded by a colonnade. In the background are trees. The drawing uses fine lines, shading, and a primarily monochromatic color palette. Figures dressed in classical attire are near the base.

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Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • 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 Number

    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

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