View of Lake Como
Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1778 (signed and dated)
Materials
Graphite and sepia wash on paper
Measurements
343 x 457 mm (13 1/2 x 18 in)
Place of origin
Lake Como
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730860
Summary
Graphite and sepia wash on paper, View of Lake Como by Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 – San Piero di Careggi 1807), signed and dated: A Turno sur le lac de Come/ Ph Hackert f 1778
Provenance
Possibly 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