The Choirstalls in the Mainz Cathedral
1869 · Watercolor and gouache (with gum arabic); framing lines in graphite · sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (22.6 x 28.9 cm)
Menzel, The Choirstalls in the Mainz Cathedral, 1869. Watercolor and gouache (with gum arabic); framing lines in graphite.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Purchase, 2006 Benefit Fund, 2007
How to look at a Menzel
- Find the darkest passage and notice it is burnished, not hatched.
- Follow a single edge and see where it is hard, where it is lost, and why.
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