Artwork
View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine
View of Capelle Castle on the Rhine is a watercolor work on paper by the Rococo painting artist John Gardnor. It dates from 1788 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
The painting depicts Capelle Castle along the Rhine River, which was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the construction of Stolzenfels Castle between 1836 and 1842.
Artist & collection
Artist
English watercolour artist of the late 1700s, John Gardnor painted sweeping rivers, castles and ruins along the Rhine.
Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum
River Scene
The Ruins of the Monastery of Oybin in the Zittau Mountains
Chigi Palace, near Albano
Theatre of Myra, now Demre, in Lycia
Durham Cathedral, from the opposite bank of the Wear
View near Rome
Untitled
Landscape with tower on a rock
Landscape with Bridge
Bangor Cathedral : Penmaenmawr in the distance
View near Bristol