Longitudinal Section of a Cathedral for Berlin, 1827

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

sheet: 15.6 x 26.2 cm (6 1/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
image: 14.4 x 25 cm (5 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2007.111.37

Artists / Makers

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (artist) German, 1781 - 1841

Image Use

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Inscription

signed at bottom right in black ink: Schinkel.; verso of presentation mount at bottom left in brown ink, an inv. no.: S.202. N. 5.

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

Friederich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia
Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippesche Hofbibliothek
Groth, Dr.
Schinkel Museum
Stiftung Ratjen

Exhibition History

2010: German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 19, 35, 38, no. 73, under no. 80.

Bibliography

1941: Rave, Paul Ortwin. Karl Friedrich Schinkel: Lebenswerk. Vol. 2, Berlin, Erster Teil, Bauten für die Kunst, Kirchen/Denkmalpflege. Berlin, 1941: 228, 231, no. 50.

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