A Fountain in the Park
Karl Blechen
1831
Medium
Black and white chalk, and graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 5/8 in. (27.4 x 21.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008
Accession Number
2008.266
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Fountains
About the Artist
Karl Blechen · 1798–1840
**Carl Blechen** (also known as Karl Blechen; 1798–1840) was a German landscape painter whose work embodied the Romantic emphasis on nature’s sublime power and emotional resonance. Born Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen on 29 July 1798 in Cottbus, in the Kingdom of Prussia, he came from modest circumstances—his father was a minor tax official from Regensburg and his mother was Sorbian. After attending...