Public data from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Learn more
The King of Thule
Inscriptions
signed, lower left, in graphite: M. v. Schwind [underlined] ; by artist, upper right, in graphite: 18 ; by artist, lower right, in graphite: 20 ; lower right, in graphite: 20 [underlined] ; VERSO, lower center, in graphite: 629 ; lower center, in graphite: Passonpartous
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980). Eastward from the Rhine: Romanticism to Abstraction, 1800-1925. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-September 9, 1984). The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Moritz von Schwind (German, 1804–1871)
- Date
- second or third quarter 1800s
- Medium
- graphite; squared in graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24.6 x 22.2 cm (9 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Image: 14.8 x 13 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- L. E. Holden Fund
- Accession no.
- 1977.45
Provenance
[Paul Drey Gallery, New York]
More by Moritz von Schwind in museum collections
Studies of Imaginary Woodland Creatures and Other Figures
Moritz von Schwindmid-19th century · Drawing
The soprano Karoline Hetzenecker in the role of Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito by W.A. Mozart
Moritz von Schwindca. 1848 · Drawing
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-00011856
Request removalPowered by Art Trackers