Carl Georg Enslen
Illustration — Freiburg Minster, 1839, now in the Swiss National Museum Carl Georg Enslen (20 September 1792 – 17 April 1866) was an Austrian-born German painter.
Also recorded as Karl Georg Enslein
Carl Georg Enslen
Carl Georg Enslen · http: webcollection.landesmuseen.ch/ · Public domain
- Born
- 1792. · Vienna.
- Died
- 1866. · Lille.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Fields
- landscape.
- Education
- Prussian Academy of Arts.
- Languages
- German.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Freiburg Minster, 1839, now in the Swiss National Museum Carl Georg Enslen (20 September 1792 – 17 April 1866) was an Austrian-born German painter.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Carl Georg Enslen. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5040207 · wikipedia · Carl Georg Enslen
In this article
Biography
Biography
Carl Georg Enslen studied at Prussian Academy of Arts. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Employment is recorded with Academy of Arts, Berlin. Work by Carl Georg Enslen is recorded in the collections of Oslo Museum.
Enslen was born in Vienna in 1792, and studied at the Academy of Berlin. He travelled in Italy, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and his panoramas give proof of a knowledge of excellent linear and aerial perspective. He was the son of Johann Carl Enslen, with whom he worked closely. He died in Lille, France in 1866, aged 73.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Inner view of the Cologne Cathedral, 1838 • Illustration — Idealistic view of the Cologne Cathedral, 1839 • Illustration — Main square of Nuremberg, 1839
Ansicht der Westfassade des Kölner Doms. Nach dem Kupferstich von Sulpiz Boisserée. Öl auf Leinwand. 1839. 176 cm x 121 cm Aus dem 1966 abgerissenen Haus zum Sonnenbühl, Rämistr. 48, Zürich.
Carl Georg Enslen after Sulpiz Boisserée · http: webcollection.landesmuseen.ch
Blick vom Schlossberg auf die Stadt Freiburg im Breisgau mit dem Münster. Teilkopie nach dem Stahlstich von Gay. Öl auf Leinwand. 1839. 176.5 cm x 123.3 cm Aus dem 1966 abgerissenen Haus zum Sonnenbühl, Rämistr. 48, Zürich.
Carl Georg Enslen after Gay · http: webcollection.landesmuseen.ch
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Vienna.
Birth place
Lille.
Death place
Collections
His work is included in the collections of the Swedish National Museum, the Swiss National Museum, Zurich, the City History Museum, Leipzig, and the Sankt-Anne Museum in Lübeck, Germany.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Duncker & Humblot. Allgemeine deutsche Biographie: Elben - Fickler. 6. 1877.
- 2.Nationalmuseum - stavningsvariant: Carl Georg Enslein Carl Georg Enslen. emp-web-22.zetcom.ch.
- 3.The Cologne Cathedral in anticipated completion. www.bildindex.de.
- 4.Augustusplatz. www.europeana.eu.
- 5.Ansicht von Kopenhagen Carl Georg Enslen Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur - Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur - Startseite Bildindex. www.bildindex.de.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,717 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Carl Fredrik KiörboeArtist
- Carl Friedrich IrmingerArtist
- Carl Frithjof SmithArtist
- Carl GeistArtist
- Carl Gottlieb PeschelArtist
- Carl GraebArtist
- Carl Gustaf HellqvistArtist
- Carl Gustaf LöwenhielmArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Carl Georg Enslen?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.