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Ancient city at the foot of a mountain by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Ancient city at the foot of a mountain

Karl Friedrich Schinkel · 1804

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Artist
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Date
1804
Location
Alte Nationalgalerie
ART MOVEMENTS
Historicism
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, a Prussian architect and designer, profoundly shaped Berlin's landscape and influenced Neoclassical and Gothic Revival movements across Europe.

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