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A Ruined Church in the Forest

Carl Blechenc. 1834

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: A Ruined Church in the Forest
Creator: Carl Blechen
Date Created: c. 1834
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 24.8 x 34.3 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Provenance: (sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, 27-28 February 1933, no. 688; ill.). Alice Hanile, née Bloem, Wistinghausen; Angelika von Lüttichau-Haniel, Bad Godesberg. Acquired 1979 by Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Rights: CC0
Medium: brush and brown ink and watercolor over graphite on light gray wove paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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