Joseph’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars in Rome, plate eight from Die Römische Ansichten
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

The Struggle Between the Devil and St Francis of Assisi for the Soul of Guido da Montefeltro, plate three from Darstellungen aus Dante's Hölle
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Charon's Bark with Souls Crossing the Styx, plate two from Darstellungen aus Dante's Hölle
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte
Joseph Anton Koch Austrian, 1768-1839

Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars, plate 18 from Die Römische Ansichten
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Aqueduct Below the Monastery of St. Bonaventura in Rome, plate ten from Die Römische Ansichten
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Monastery of San Francesco di Civitella in the Sabine Mountains
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Castle of Saint Stephan of Mezzo and Canturano
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839

Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus's Tragedies and les Argonautes
Tommaso Piroli (Italian, 1750-1824), after John Flaxman (English, 1755-1826), Iliad, Odyssey and Tragedies Joseph Anton Koch (German, 1768-1839), after Asmus Jakob Carstens (German, 1754-1798), Les Argonautes

Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918

Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince
Attributed to Anton Peffenhauser (German 1525—1603) Augsburg

The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955

Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince
Attributed to Anton Peffenhauser (German 1525—1603) Augsburg

Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950

Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967

Mezzetino
Modeler: Bustelli, Franz Anton German, 1723-1763, b. Switzerland

Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943