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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Carl Gustav Carus
1789–1869 · Kingdom of Saxony
- Born
- 1789 · Leipzig
- Died
- 1869 · Dresden
22 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Carl Gustav Carus was a German physiologist and painter born in Leipzig. He was a doctor, naturalist, scientist, psychologist, and landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich, and was a friend of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
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Carl Gustav Carus (3 January 1789 – 28 July 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.
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Registered works
22
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Carl Gustav Carus
Selected from 22 works by Carl Gustav Carus in the Collect24 Registry.
Carl Gustav Carus
A Swan Among the Reeds, by Moonlight, September 18, 1852
Charcoal with white gouache heightening, on brown paper laid down on thin board
22.8 × 19.1 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-204009
Carl Gustav Carus
Ruhe auf der Flucht, 1815
Pinsel in verschiedenen Brauntönen über Bleistift, stellenweise weiß gehöht (Pinsel mit leicht oxidiertem Bleiweiß), doppelte Rahmungslinie mit dem Pinsel in Braun, auf Vergépapier, ganzflächig altmontiert auf Vergépapier mit mehrfacher Rahmung mit Feder und Pinsel in Braun
Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
C24-449496
Carl Gustav Carus
Verschneiter Wald mit Steinkreuz, 1823
Öl auf Leinwand
Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
C24-247016
Carl Gustav Carus
Versehgang im Mondschein, Vor Dezember 1858
Kohle mit etwas weißer Kreide, auf bräunlichem Velinpapier
Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
C24-449584
Carl Gustav Carus
Italienischer Mondschein (Rom, St. Peter im Mondschein), 1833
Öl auf Leinwand
Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
C24-238892
Carl Gustav Carus
Deutscher Mondschein (Blick über Dächer auf eine gotische Kirche im Mondschein), 1833
Öl auf Leinwand
Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
C24-238889
Carl Gustav Carus
Fantasi från Alperna, 1822
Nationalmuseum Sweden
C24-173944
Carl Gustav Carus
Stone Age Stronghold at Nobbin, Rugen Island, 1820
oil paint
33.4 × 43 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449308
Carl Gustav Carus
View of the Courtyard of the Castle at Döben, 1800–1869
Graphite and brush and brown wash
28.1 × 38.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-592584
Carl Gustav Carus
Study of a Willowherb; verso: Study of Two Cows, 1858 (?)
Graphite, brush and gray ink; verso: graphite
18 × 13.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-584942
Carl Gustav Carus
The Old Admiralty in London, 1844 (?)
Graphite, and brown wash
15.2 × 24.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-570410
Carl Gustav Carus
View of the West Façade of Dunkeld Cathedral, 1844
Graphite
29.2 × 24.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-485623
Museums and collections
Where works by Carl Gustav Carus are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
7 works
- Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum
Germany
6 works
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
3 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
1 work
- Munich Central Collecting Point
allied-occupied Germany
1 work
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
1 work
- National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Norway
1 work
- Nationalmuseum
Sweden
1 work
- Nationalmuseum Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
1 work
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