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Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest (Predjama Castle in Carniola, Twelve Hours from Trieste)

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

1816

Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest (Predjama Castle in Carniola, Twelve Hours from Trieste) by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Medium

lithograph on golden paper (on R.A. Winkler's original mat)

Dimensions

sheet: 39.1 x 31.1 cm (15 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

1999.52.1

Art Historical Context

Behold the dramatic lithograph *Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest* (Predjama Castle in Carniola, Twelve Hours from Trieste), created by the renowned Prussian architect and artist Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1816. This captivating print, measuring 39.1 x 31.1 cm, captures the legendary Predjama Castle—a real fortress dramatically wedged into a cliffside cave in present-day Slovenia. Schinkel, a master of Neoclassicism and Romanticism, sketched such evocative landscapes during his European travels, blending precise architectural detail with the sublime power of nature. Printed ...

About the Artist

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

German architect.

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