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The Entrance of Charlemagne into Pavia

1840
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Entrance of Charlemagne into Pavia
  • Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, Leipzig 1794–1872 Dresden)
  • Date: 1840
  • Medium: 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
  • Dimensions: sheet: 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (46.3 x 65.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Gift, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.85
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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