Tree (c. 1835–45): Art, History and Details
Tree at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1835–45, graphite and brown wash. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tree (c. 1835–45) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1788–1853).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Influenced by his brother, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and other Nazarenes, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld first concerned himself exclusively with religious and literary subjects. In the 1830s, however, he turned more to landscape, in part under the direction of Ferdinand Olivier.
Object facts
- Title: Tree
- Date: c. 1835–45
- Creator attribution: Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1788–1853)
- Culture: Germany, 19th century
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: graphite and brown wash
- Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 19.7 cm (12 x 7 3/4 in.)
- Collection: DR - German
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 1970.334
Collection credit
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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