The Ruins of Saint Nicolai Church in Hamburg
1871
Artist, German, 1811 - 1881
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and pen and brown ink, heightened with white, on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 56.5 x 40.9 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1990.92.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Busch Collection, Dortmund. Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich; gift 1990 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 162-163, color repro.
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.162.
Inscriptions
lower right in brown ink: Vonnalige S. Nicolai kirch / zu hamburg 1842, / im Sommier / Martin Gensler / 1871; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: N 47
Wikidata ID
Q64596735