Rocks in the Bode Valley; verso: Small Landscape Studies
Karl Blechen
1800–1840
Medium
Graphite; framing lines in 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, Catherine G. Curran Gift, 2006
Accession Number
2006.333a, b
Rights
Public Domain
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...