The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Interior of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna

c. 1810

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

(German, 1781–1841)
Germany, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 46.2 x 31.5 cm (18 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Image: 24 x 15.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1998.8
Catalogue raisonné: Winkler 763.12
Location: Not on view

Description

Renowned as an architect and an imaginative draftsman and painter, Schinkel was an important early practitioner of lithography, a technique invented at the end of the 18th century in Germany. Schinkel experimented with this new medium in creative ways, searching for a means to achieve tone. In order to simulate the effect of bright light illuminating the interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral, he covered the surface of the stone with lithographic ink and then scratched out the design with a sharp tool. One of only a few impressions of this print, Interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna exemplifies the museum's extensive early lithography collection.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Painting by 18th-century Italian Master Gaetano Gandolfi among Works Added to CMA Collection,” March 24, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
    From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
  • {{cite web|title=Interior of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna|url=false|author=Karl Friedrich Schinkel|year=c. 1810|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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