The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Tree

c. 1835–45

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld

(German, 1788–1853)

Germany, 19th century

Graphite and brown wash

Support: Blue modern laid paper faded to blue-gray

Sheet: 30.5 x 19.7 cm (12 x 7 3/4 in.)

The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 1970.334

Location

not on view

Description

Influenced by his brother, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and other Nazarenes, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld first concerned himself exclusively with religious and literary subjects. In the 1830s, however, he turned more to landscape, in part under the direction of Ferdinand Olivier.

Provenance
Albertina, Vienna (according to letter in departmental file from Martin L.H. Reymert and Robert Kashey of Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, who cite an old Albertina inventory number on an old mount); [Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York (stamped, lower left, in black ink)]
Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).

The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

Eastward from the Rhine: Romanticism to Abstraction, 1800-1925. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-September 9, 1984).

The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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