Pilgrim at the Gate (Einsiedler an der Pforte)
1827
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (28.4 x 20 cm) Sheet: 19 5/16 × 13 7/16 in. (49 × 34.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2007
Accession Number
2007.225
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...