1840
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Sketches in Belgium and Germany, Volume I: Screen in the Cathedral of St. Peter, Louvain is a 1840 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows the inside of a grand cathedral. Heavy stone arches frame the space, and a tall, carved screen divides the area. Two people in robes kneel at a low table, while others stand nearby. Heavy curtains hang to the left, and the walls have simple decorations. The artist focused on the details of the stonework and the shadows it creates. This kind of careful drawing was common in the 1800s for recording historic places. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see where this sketch is kept.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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