About the Artwork
The Waterfall
19th century
Karl Blechen
1798-1840
German
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 14 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (36.5 × 27.3 cm) Framed: 19 5/8 × 16 3/8 × 2 1/4 inches (49.8 × 41.6 × 5.7 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
Founders Society Purchase, Mary R. Coyle Fund
38.71
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Provenance
(A. C. von Frey, Paris, France)
1938-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 14, no. 436.
Scheyer, E. "Eichendorff und die Bildenden Kunste," AURORA Eichendorf Stiftung, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz, vol. 16 (1956): p. 26.
Scheyer, E. Schlesische Malerei der Biedermeierzeit. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Weidlich, 1963, p. 157, pl. 58.
Wissman, F. W. European Vistas: Cultural Landscapes. Detroit, 2000, p. 55, (repr.).
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Karl Blechen, The Waterfall, 19th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mary R. Coyle Fund, 38.71.
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