# A Ruined Church in the Forest

- By: Carl Blechen (German, 1798 - 1840)
- Date: c. 1834
- Medium: brush and brown ink and watercolor over graphite on light gray wove paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: sheet: 24.8 x 34.3 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
- Culture: German
- Credit line: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.139108.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/f645d469-efef-40a3-b43b-4962383320ed/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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