The Ruins of Saint Nicolai Church in Hamburg, 1871

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and pen and brown ink, heightened with white, on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 56.5 x 40.9 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.92.1

Artists / Makers

Martin Gensler (artist) German, 1811 - 1881

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

Busch Collection, Dortmund. Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Galerie Arnoldi-Livie

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.