A Rocky View near Civita Castellana
Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1772 (signed and dated)
Materials
Pen, ink and grey wash on paper
Measurements
387 x 512 mm (15 1/4 x 20 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Civita Castellana (Italy)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730752
Summary
Pen ink and grey wash drawing on paper, A Rocky View near Civita Castellana by Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807), signed and dated: a Civitacastellan 1772 J.Ph.Hackert f. The view is not of the citadel but of the surrounding ravines and woods.
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