Gothic Church Hidden by a Tree by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Gothic Church Hidden by a Tree 1810

drawing, print

pen and ink

tree

landscape illustration sketch

drawing

aged paper

toned paper

print

pencil sketch

old engraving style

etching

child

pen-ink sketch

men

pen work

watercolor

"Gothic Church Hidden by a Tree" is an 1810 etching by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The print features a large tree obscuring a Gothic church in the background. The composition emphasizes the contrast between the natural and the man-made, reflecting the Romantic era's fascination with the sublime and the picturesque. Schinkel, a prominent German architect and artist, was known for his romantic architectural designs and landscape drawings. This print, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exemplifies his interest in the evocative power of nature and architecture.