Jacob Philipp Hackert
German, 1737-1807
The Bridge of San Paolo
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Jacob Philipp Hackert
German, 1737-18071793
The Bridge of San Paolo
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807 →pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing
Date
1793
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and various brown washes over graphite on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
56 × 77 cm (22 1/16 × 30 3/8 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
Jacob Philipp Hackert would flee Naples in 1799 following the Napoleonic occupation, but in the golden early 1790s, this German Romantic landscape painter was deeply enamored with the contours and history of southern Italy. Hackert’s view of the bridge of San Paolo bears witness to the importance of place in its characteristically specific inscription, deftly nestled into the inviting upward path. He signed and dated the work 1793 and noted that the view shows the remains of the ancient Roman Via Latina, granting a greater immediacy and a historical depth to the scene.
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