Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome
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 730 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355500.9
Summary
Pen and ink with sepia wash drawing on paper, Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome. 1788, by Christoph Heinrich Kniep (Hildensheim 1755 – Naples 1825), inscribed lower right 'Tempio della Minerva Medica in Roma, C.H. Kniep fec 1788'. A ruined domed temple with female figure with lyre seated right foreground. Giltwood frame, glazed, card 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. 427