Charles the Great's Entrance into Pavia, 1840
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1794–1872)
Black chalk, graphite, brown watercolor washes, red chalk, red chalk washes; squared for transfer in graphite with numerical indications of vertical divisions at the lower edge; Sheet: 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (46.3 x 65.4 cm)
Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, 2003 (2003.85)
Technical Glossary
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1794–1872)
Black chalk, graphite, brown watercolor washes, red chalk, red chalk washes; squared for transfer in graphite with numerical indications of vertical divisions at the lower edge; Sheet: 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (46.3 x 65.4 cm)
Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, 2003 (2003.85)
Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a leading member of the Nazarenes, a group of Northern artists who favored biblical and erudite literary themes and adopted a clear, linear manner reminiscent of that of their Renaissance idols. This large, highly finished sheet was a study for a wall painting in the Munich Residenz, destroyed in World War II. The subject is the military victory of Charles the Great over the Lombards in 774.
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Artist
Material and Technique
- • Drawing, Chalk
- • Drawing, Graphite
- • Drawing, Wash
- • Preparatory Study
- • Preparatory Study, Drawing
- • Preparatory Study, Drawing, Europe
Subject Matter/Theme
Technical Glossary
- • Black chalk
- • brown wash
- • Chalk
- • graphite
- • Watercolor
