Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)
Medium
graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition)
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.123,"width":0.195}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession Number
1985.147
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About this artwork
Menzel was one of the most celebrated and prolific painters in Germany during the 19th century. A meticulous draftsman, he executed detailed drawings in preparation for each of his paintings. Thousands of the artist’s notebook studies have survived. Many of them were studies of heads, half-figures, and landscape vignettes to be incorporated into his paintings. This sheet depicting a waterfall and bridge shrouded in mist is an example of one of Menzel’s exquisite graphite studies.