About this artwork
Quaglio shared the German Romantic fondness for lithography and nostalgia for medieval architecture. Unusually vivid in its use of tint-stone coloring, Quaglio’s glowing lithograph depicts the internal chamber of a chapel as if it were not only illuminated, but suffused with fire. Documenting dozens of similar sites across Germany, he would later gain a commission to restore Hohenschwangau Castle to its Gothic glory.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Domenico Quaglio
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Title
- Chapel of Saint Margaret in the City of Nuremberg, from Collection of Memorable Medieval Buildings in Germany
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1819
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Medium
- Lithograph in black with grey-green and pale red-orange tint stones on cream wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image/text: 39.2 × 39.5 cm (15 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet: 47.5 × 58.3 cm (18 3/4 × 23 in.)
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Credit Line
- Joseph Brooks Fair Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1994.252
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/131406/manifest.json
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