Temple of Vesta, Tivoli
Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildesheim 1755 - Naples 1825)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1788 (signed and dated) - 1788
Materials
Sepia wash on paper
Measurements
520 x 725 mm
Place of origin
Tivoli (Italy)
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355500.1
Summary
Pen and ink and sepia wash drawing on paper. Temple of Vesta, Tivoli. 1788, by Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildensheim 1755 – Naples 1825), signed[under frame]: C. H. KNiep fec.1788. Inscription at top of temple 'L.CELLIO.L.F.' Ruined temple left of centre with two women and a man with musical instruments, low bushes at right with sheep and goat.
Provenance
Bequeathed with the hall and contents by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940)
Makers and roles
Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildesheim 1755 - Naples 1825), artist
References
Striehl 1998 Georg Striehl Der Zeichner Christoph Heinrich Kniep (1755 - 1825), 1988, cat 431 - pl. 189