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Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)
About the Artwork
Menzel was one of the most celebrated and prolific painters in Germany during the 19th century. A meticulous draftsman, he executed detailed drawings in preparation for each of his paintings. Thousands of the artist’s notebook studies have survived. Many of them were studies of heads, half-figures, and landscape vignettes to be incorporated into his paintings. This sheet depicting a waterfall and bridge shrouded in mist is an example of one of Menzel’s exquisite graphite studies.
Inscriptions
signed, lower left, in graphite: A M. 85 [line over 85] ; verso, upper right, in graphite(?): 12-197 ; by artist(?), lower left, in graphite: Schaffhausen [partially skinned]
Provenance
Adolf Glüenstein, Hamburg Adolf Glüenstein, Hamburg (Lugt 123, verso, lower center, in blue ink). [C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf]
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986). The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993). Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905)
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Accession no.
- 1985.147
More by Adolph Menzel in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011428
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