Jacob Philipp Hackert
German, 1737-1807
Tower with Man Walking
INV-1988
Jacob Philipp Hackert
German, 1737-18071797
Tower with Man Walking
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807 →prints and drawingdrawings (visual works)
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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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