A Portal of a Church

1810·Watercolor and brown ink, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on wove paper·sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (32 x 27 cm)

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006

Catalogue

Year: 1810
Medium: Watercolor and brown ink, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on wove paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (32 x 27 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Artist

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Painting

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme was a Saxon painter of the 19th century active during the Romantic period. Working primarily in oils, he developed a distinctive approach to landscape and historical subject matter that reflected the aesthetic preoccupations of his era.

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