The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)
1885
(German, 1815–1905)
Sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Menzel was one of the most celebrated and prolific painters in Germany during the 19th century. A meticulous draftsman, he executed detailed drawings in preparation for each of his paintings. Thousands of the artist’s notebook studies have survived. Many of them were studies of heads, half-figures, and landscape vignettes to be incorporated into his paintings. This sheet depicting a waterfall and bridge shrouded in mist is an example of one of Menzel’s exquisite graphite studies.- Adolf Glüenstein, HamburgAdolf Glüenstein, Hamburg (Lugt 123, verso, lower center, in blue ink). [C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf]
- Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
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