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A Path through Fields near Leipzig

Carl Gustav Carus · c. 1812

Carl Gustav Carus: German, 1789 - 1869

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A Path through Fields near Leipzig

c. 1812

graphite and wash on slightly blued laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
graphite and wash on slightly blued laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 18.2 x 27.5 cm (7 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Collection no.
2000.65.1
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By the artist
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Carl Gustav Carus. A Path through Fields near Leipzig. Carl Gustav Carus; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Gustav_Carus,_A_Path_through_Fields_near_Leipzig,_c._1812,_NGA_111752.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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A Path through Fields near Leipzig — Carl Gustav Carus. c. 1812.

Medium: graphite and wash on slightly blued laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 18.2 x 27.5 cm (7 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2000.65.1. Director's Discretionary Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Carl Gustav Carus. A Path through Fields near Leipzig. Carl Gustav Carus; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Gustav_Carus,_A_Path_through_Fields_near_Leipzig,_c._1812,_NGA_111752.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.