Description
Influenced by his brother, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and other Nazarenes, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld first concerned himself exclusively with religious and literary subjects. In the 1830s, however, he turned more to landscape, in part under the direction of Ferdinand Olivier.
Provenance
Albertina, Vienna (according to letter in departmental file from Martin L.H. Reymert and Robert Kashey of Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, who cite an old Albertina inventory number on an old mount); [Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York (stamped, lower left, in black ink)]
Accession Number
1970.334
Medium
graphite and brown wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.5 x 19.7 cm (12 x 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
