At the Edge of the Forest

August Heinrich German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 807


This view opens toward meadows and the distant Elbsandsteingebirge, sandstone mountains rising to the south of Dresden. Heinrich approached landscape with the sober objectivity of a botanist, which set him apart from his Romantic colleagues Friedrich and Dahl. This is one of only five known paintings by Heinrich; a related study is in the Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt.

At the Edge of the Forest, August Heinrich (German, Dresden 1794–1822 Innsbruck), Oil on canvas

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