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Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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© Victoria and Albert Museum

Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks

Artist: Karl Frederich Schinkel (1781 - 1841)

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1810

Materials: pen lithograph on China paper

Dimensions: 49 x 34 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £9,000 (Total: £27,103)

Vendor: Helmet H Rumbler

Review number: 4461 (1997)

Provenance:
Bassenge, Berlin, auction no. 67, June 1996.

Description:
This is Schinkel's most famous print and one of his most important graphic works. It is an early example of lithograph from Berlin. Depicts church with rose window, gravestones and people walking amongst them.

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