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View across the Moat towards the Thomasschule and the Thomaskirche in Leipzig
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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld belonged to the Nazarenes, a group of artists who looked to early Northern Renaissance art for its simplicity and piety. The artist created this drawing during a visit to his native Leipzig en route to join the Nazarenes in Rome. He depicted the city’s distinctive features, including the oldest German language school in Europe (of which he was an alumnus) and a church where Johann Sebastian Bach served as cantor during the 18th century. The artist himself appears in a self-portrait at right in the pair seen at lower left. He juxtaposed loosely sketched landscape with areas of profuse detail, created with a hard and sharpened pencil reinforced with pen and ink.
| Artist / Maker | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld |
|---|---|
| Date | 1817 |
| Culture / Origin | Germany, 19th century |
| Medium | Pen and black ink and graphite on ivory wove paper |
| Dimensions | Support: 31 x 38.6 x 0.2 cm (12 3/16 x 15 3/16 x 1/16 in.); Image: 15.7 x 23.8 cm (6 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
BiographyJulius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872) — Painter from Germany (1794-1872).Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld worked as painter, illustrator, university teacher, draftsperson and visual artist and is associated with Kingdom of Saxony. Their documented life spans the years 1794 to 1872, born in Leipzig, died in Dresden.Disciplinespainter, illustrator, university teacher, draftsperson, visual artistBorn1794, LeipzigDied1872, DresdenNationalityKingdom of SaxonySources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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