Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841)

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841)

Varina, Salini, Pana und die Isole Lipari; und Entwurf einer Wasserpumpe

one inscribed 'Valernia, Salina, Pana', numbered '12' and numbered '22' by a later hand, the other numbered '39' and numbered '42' by a later hand; pencil and pen and black ink on paper, unframed
5¾ x 8½in. (14.5 x 21.5cm.)
two (2)

Lot Essay

Drawn on May 9, 1804 on the way from Naples to Sicily by ship. Schinkel records in his diary 'Morgens nur Himmel und Wasser. In der Ferne zeight sich nach und nach der Strombolo und die Liparischen Inseln. Schöne Formen der verschiedenen Felsinseln am Horizont des Meers'.

The sketch of a water pump was drawn near Etna, Sicily, 1804.

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