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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.
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Document identity
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152267
label
Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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152267
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drawing
title
Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)
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.
date
1885
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79936450
creators
11961
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
cul
Germany, 19th century
accession
1985.147
Source extras
tec
graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition)
tombstone
Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen), 1885. Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905). Graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition); sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1985.147
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) laid paper
collection
DR - German
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower left, in graphite: A M. 85 [line over 85] ; verso, upper right, in graphite(?): 12-197 ; by artist(?), lower left, in graphite: Schaffhausen [partially skinned]
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 53; Mentioned: p. 68, no. 148
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:52:09.649000
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152267
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Drawings
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DR - German
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graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition)
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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