The Ruins of the Monastery of Oybin in the Zittau Mountains

Philipp Veith, 1792

The image shows a landscape with a vast expanse stretching out and hills in the distance. Ruined structures are visible on a rocky hill, surrounded by greenery. The sky meets the hills on the horizon. The brushwork… · description from the collection

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Artist: Philipp Veith ¹
Date: 1792 ¹
Medium: watercolor with gouache and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper ¹
Original: 4,613 × 3,558 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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