A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen 1801

"A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen" is a watercolor painting by Christian Georg Schütz the Younger, a German artist who lived from 1758 to 1823. The work, executed in 1801, captures the picturesque scene of a young couple standing beneath a crumbling archway overlooking a verdant valley. The ruined structure, possibly a Roman aqueduct, provides a dramatic backdrop for the figures, who are small in scale yet central to the composition. The painting, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York, exemplifies the Romanticism movement's fascination with the past and the beauty of nature.