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Source Description
Caspar Scheuren was a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1855, where, as a student, he had earlier studied with Carl Friedrich Lessing and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Travels as a student informed his romantic landscapes, which often recall the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23193
label
Mountain Scene
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23193
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mountain Scene
description
Caspar Scheuren was a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1855, where, as a student, he had earlier studied with Carl Friedrich Lessing and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Travels as a student informed his romantic landscapes, which often recall the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840).
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by besquest.
date
1852
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12
height
13.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 3/4 x W: 5 1/4 in. (12 x 13.3 cm)
style
Romanticism
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed and dated] C. Scheuren. 1852.
med
pen and ink and wash on paper
creator_ids
32902
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
484
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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a8d1723a5b640f3c