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| An 1824 portrait of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Naples, Italy, by artist Franz-Ludwig Catel. The painting is in the collection of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. |
"I love the French window which marries a house to the firmament instead of dividing them like the stuffy sash."
So observed Nancy Mitford (1904—1973) in her 1961 essay "Portrait of a French Country House."
