BLECHEN, Karl
(b. 1797, Cottbus, d. 1840, Berlin)

View of Rooftops and Gardens

c. 1835
Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 cm
Nationalgalerie, Berlin

This view by Blechen is typical of the earlier-nineteenth-century concern with urban landscapes. It was sketched in Potsdam, so close to, yet far from, the palaces there.