Ground Plan of a Cathedral for Berlin

1827

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Associated Names
Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Artist, German, 1781 - 1841

This is a drawing of a floor plan. The drawing depicts a symmetrical architectural layout, likely of a large building or palace, showing the arrangement of walls, columns, and other structural elements. The design is executed in a precise and orderly manner, using a combination of red and gray lines on a light background. At the top of the plan, there are three semicircular shapes. The layout includes many rectangular formations and is bordered with evenly spaced dotted lines. Throughout the drawing, the use of parallel lines and geometric precision indicates a careful, calculated design. The drawing is framed with a gold border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and watercolor on wove paper, laid down on presentation mount

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.4 x 15.7 cm (10 13/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
    image: 26.1 x 14.4 cm (10 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.34

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. 72 (reprod. p. 204), 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 (fig. 134), 231, no. 49.

1971

  • Schümann, Carl-Wolfgang. "'In Erwartung des Jüngsten Gerichts.' Zur Ausstattung eines von F. A. Stüler geplanten Berliner Doms." Kunst in Hessen und am Mittelrhein 11 (1971): 86, fig. 1.

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, 39, fig. 21.

Inscriptions

signed at lower right in brown ink: Schinkel.; inscribed at top right in graphite: neuer Flügel des Schlosses/Hof/neuer Flügel des Schlosses (new wing of the palace/court); measurements along bottom; verso of presentation mount at bottom left in brown ink, an inv. no.: S. 202. N.2.

Wikidata ID

Q64591870

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