A Ruined Church in the Forest

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, 27-28 February 1933, no. 688; ill.). Alice Hanile, née Bloem, Wistinghausen; Angelika von Lüttichau-Haniel, Bad Godesberg. Acquired 1979 by Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

A Ruined Church in the Forest

Blechen, Carl

c. 1834

Accession Number

2007.111.5

Medium

brush and brown ink and watercolor over graphite on light gray wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 24.8 x 34.3 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund