Church Interior — Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern | DiscoverArt

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern

Church Interior

1791

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite; framing lines in pen and ink

35.4 × 46.5 cm (13.9 × 18.3 in)

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