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Tall Trees and a View of the Roman Campagna from Genzano,
1773
Jakob Philipp Hackert, German, 1737–1806
2011-23
Hackert lived in Italy for most of his successful career as a landscape artist, creating souvenir views of Rome and the surrounding Campagna for the growing tourist market. As inscribed by the artist, this drawing was made near the picturesque town of Genzano, about twelve miles southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills. The foreground is dominated by a cluster of ancient oak trees towering above the rustic couple below. Rendered with meticulous detail, this drawing characterizes Hackert’s rigorous landscape methodology, combining idealized composition and scientific observation.
Information
Title
Tall Trees and a View of the Roman Campagna from Genzano
Dates
1773
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
51.8 x 38.8 cm (20 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2011-23
Place Depicted
Europe, Italy, Campagna di Roma
Inscription
in brown ink, upper left: a Genzano 1773
on verso, lower left edge: Charlotte Clive | bt at Naples of Mr Hackert | 10 March 178[illegible]
Culture
Type
Materials
Artist, Jakob Philipp Hackert;
1787 or 1788, Purchased by Charlotte Clive (1762-1795);
probablu 1929, Purchased by Evelyn Reynolds;
1934, Purchased by James Byam Shaw (1903-1992);
1951, Given to 'Ursula' (possibly Ursula Thesiger).
Purchase by the Princeton University Art Museum
