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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jacob Philipp Hackert
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Title
- Tower with Man Walking
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1797
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Medium
- 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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Dimensions
- Max: 55.5 × 44.3 cm (21 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 2013.949.1
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/198870/manifest.json
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