The Temple of Neptune, Paestum
Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1770 (signed and dated)
Materials
Pen and ink with grey wash and coloured washes on paper
Measurements
349 x 464 mm (13 3/4 x 18 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Paestum (Italy)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730747
Summary
Pen and ink drawing with grey wash and coloured washes on paper, The Temple of Neptune, Paestum by Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807), signed and dated: a Pestum 1770. Part of the Doric temple, with soldiers, drawn in the manner of Salvator Rosa, resting among the ruins.
Provenance
In 1822 Sir Richard Colt Hoare History and 1838 inventory; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807), artist
References
Hoare 1822 Sir Richard Colt Hoare, History of Modern Wiltshire (Hundred of Mere),1822 , p. 85