Temple of Apollo beside Lake Avernus
Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildesheim 1755 - Naples 1825)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1788 (signed and dated) - 1788
Materials
Sepia wash on paper
Measurements
500 x 720 mms
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355500.3
Summary
Sepia wash on paper, The Temple of Apollo (or Prosperpina Temple) beside Lake Avernus, by Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildensheim 1755 – Naples 1825), signed bottom left: C. H. Kniep. fec.: 1788 1788. Figures and classical ruins by a lake. Giltwood frame, glazed, black and gilt mount.
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. no. 428