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Cathedral Ruins, Bacharach

Emanuel Leutze

1841

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From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Architectural

Dominant colour

Cathedral Ruins, Bacharach is a 1841 graphite by Emanuel Leutze, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Emanuel Leutze
When & what style?: 1841 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

Leutze shows old stone arches and towers of a ruined church in Bacharach. Moonlight hits the broken walls. A single candle glows inside a window. This was drawn in 1841, before Leutze moved to the U.S. He later painted Washington Crossing the Delaware. The ruins feel lonely and grand at the same time. See it at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.