Outer Staircase of a Gothic Ruin
Cleveland Museum of Art

Outer Staircase of a Gothic Ruin

Domenico Quaglio (German, 1787–1837) · 1830

gray and brown wash and framing lines in pen and black ink
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Gothic architecture, the type seen in this drawing, was associated with Germany based on a false assumption that a Germanic tribe, the Goths, had originated the style.

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