Inundated Ruins of a Monastery
ca. 1824
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor washes, sgrafitto
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (26 x 33.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Acquisitions Fund and 2005 Benefit Fund, 2008
Accession Number
2008.109
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...