Jakob-Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 Florence)

A view of the Roman Campagna by the Appian Way

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Jakob-Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 Florence)
A view of the Roman Campagna by the Appian Way
signed, inscribed and dated 'P. Hackert f. à Rome. 1781 Via....'
oil on copper
13¾ x 21¼ in. (34.9 x 53.6 cm.)

Provenance

(Probably) bought in Italy from the artist together with the View of the Pyramid of Cestius (op. cit., no.158) and another landscape (ibid., no. 154), and then by descent at Schloss Pavlosk, Germany (inventory 1925, no. 12, with size 34.8 x 53.7 cm.).
Anon. Sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 10-11 June 1931, lot 86.
Galerie Graupe, Berlin, April, 1933.
Galerie Stargradt, Berlin, October 1933.

Literature

C. Nordhoff and H. Reimer, Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807), Berlin, 1994, II, pp. 67-8, no. 157.

Lot Essay

The present picture is a testament to the trip made by the artist in 1781 to Lake Albano via the Appian Way. It relates closely to two drawings made by Hackert on the same journey (op. cit., cat. no. 778 and 779). On the right, can be seen the ruins of the Villa Quintili whose water was supplied by the acquaduct beyond.

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