Church ruins by the water 

Johann Caspar Zehender's "Church ruins by the water" depicts a picturesque scene of a crumbling church situated on a grassy hill overlooking a winding river. The artist's signature, "J. C. Zehender, f.", is inscribed in the lower right corner. The scene is composed of a variety of greens, browns, and grays, and is characterized by its detailed rendering of the church's architecture and the surrounding landscape. The presence of figures in the foreground further reinforces the sense of scale and the passage of time.