Parochialstrasse in Berlin

Eduard Gaertner

1831 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Gaertner is best known for chronicling the rapidly modernizing Berlin cityscape. This relatively intimate view, culminating in the city's oldest church, the Nikolaikirche, illustrates earlier modes of urban life with evident affection. Two other versions of the composition are known: one is in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin; the other was destroyed during the Second World War.

Artist

Eduard Gaertner

Date

1831

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, and funds from various donors, by exchange, 2006