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The image shows a detailed line drawing of a cluster of lilies. The drawing features blossoms and buds on tall stems. The color palette is limited to black lines on a beige background. The flowers, stems, and leaves are prominently displayed, with a vertical composition.
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The image shows a detailed line drawing of a cluster of lilies. The drawing features blossoms and buds on tall stems. The color palette is limited to black lines on a beige background. The flowers, stems, and leaves are prominently displayed, with a vertical composition.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Stalk of Lilies with Six Blooms

Philipp Otto Runge

Date
1808
Medium
pen and black ink over graphite on very light green laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29.7 x 23.9 cm (11 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.31
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • plant
  • Flower
Provenance

Runge's estate; by descent to his son, Otto Sigismund Runge, Hamburg; left by him to the Hamburger Künstlerverein, Hamburg. (sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 19 June 1937, no. 184). Alice Haniel née Bloem, Wistinghausen. Angelika von Lüttichau-Haniel, Bad Godesberg. (Karl & Faber, 28 November 1979, no. 112). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

on the verso, by Daniel Runge, brother of the artist: Original von Philipp Otto Runge 1808/1809

Watermarks

partial D&C BLAUW

NGA object ID 139109. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.