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<p>Schinkel, renowned as an architect and an imaginative draftsman and painter, was an important early 
practitioner of lithography, a technique invented at the end of the 18th century in Germany. Schinkel 
experimented with this new medium in creative ways, searching for a means to achieve tone. In order to simulate the effect of bright light illuminating the interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral, he covered 
the surface of the stone with lithographic ink and then scratched out the design with a sharp tool. One 
of only a few impressions of this print, Interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna exemplifies the 
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museum's extensive early lithography collection.</div>
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel</div>
circa 1810 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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