An Overgrown Mineshaft
Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007
Catalogue
- Year
- 1819
- Dimensions
- 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Carl Gustav Carus
Artist
Painting
Carl Gustav Carus was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.
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Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin
1823 · Oil on canvas
A Path through Fields near Leipzig
1812 · graphite and wash on slightly blued laid paper
View of the Courtyard of the Castle at Döben
1800 · Graphite and brush and brown wash
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- Carl Gustav Carus
- Year
- 1819
- Dimensions
- 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1819-004291
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified