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A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and various brown washes on ivory wove paper, edge-mounted to an ivory laid paper inlay.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and various brown washes on ivory wove paper, edge-mounted to an ivory laid paper inlay.

Date:

c. 1820

Artist:

Gustav Friedrich Hetsch
German, 1788-1864

About this artwork

Hetsch was an influential Danish-German architect and teacher, known for the meticulous technique and
the Romantic classicism of his drawings. In 1812 he went to Rome and in 1815 to Copenhagen. This sheet is interesting for its coded commentary: the processing clerics and the women kneeling in prayer before a reliquary altar model religious devotion, but the presence of two beggars on the steps of the church poignantly underscores more earthly concerns.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gustav Friedrich Hetsch

Title

A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1815–1825

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and various brown washes on ivory wove paper, edge-mounted to an ivory laid paper inlay

Dimensions

29.5 × 38.8 cm (11 5/8 × 15 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Suzanne Lord Folds Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

2012.68

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