Artist
Georg Heinrich Crola 1804 – 1879
About the work
In 1840 the Dresden artist Georg Heinrich Crola moved to the small romantic town of Ilsenburg in the Harz district, where he remained until his death in 1879. The town of Mansfeld, where this drawing was done, is located in the eastern Harz foothills. Crola is sure to have visited it from Ilsenburg. This view dated 1841 documents the state of the former Mansfeld fortifications at the time. Yet the artist’s attention was also drawn to the picturesque charm of the ruins in the sun-drenched landscape. When perceiving this, Crola may also have had the sublime grandeur of ancient ruins in mind.
Year
1841
Material / Technique
Brush in grey and black over pencil, lightly watercoloured, quartered with pencil, on brown paper
Dimensions of the object
31,7 x 44,3 cm
Signature
bez., sign., dat. u. r.: Mansfeld G.Crola. 1841
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 3640
Access
1966 donation by Dr. Helmut Brückner, Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Frank Krüger
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
Year
1841
Material / Technique
Brush in grey and black over pencil, lightly watercoloured, quartered with pencil, on brown paper
Dimensions of the object
31,7 x 44,3 cm
Signature
bez., sign., dat. u. r.: Mansfeld G.Crola. 1841
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 3640
Access
1966 donation by Dr. Helmut Brückner, Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Frank Krüger
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
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