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Tower with Man Walking

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.

Date:

1797

Artist:

Jacob Philipp Hackert
German, 1737-1807

About this artwork

The German Romantic artist Jacob Philipp Hackert was fascinated by Italy, and he became court painter of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. He specialized in landscape painting, particularly scenes of Classical ruins.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob Philipp Hackert

Title

Tower with Man Walking

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1797

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Max: 55.5 × 44.3 cm (21 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.949.1

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