Tivoli and the Temple of the Sibyl above the Aniene Gorge
1794/1798
Johann Christian Reinhart
Artist, German, 1761 - 1847
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke
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Dimensions
sheet: 51.9 x 67.3 cm (20 7/16 x 26 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2007.111.27
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. Ralph Grosse, Frankfurt am Main. Prof. Dr. Friedrich Winkler, Berlin; Eva Denckler-Winkler, Zurich, 1981. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, no. 41.
Bibliography
1975
Feuchtmayr, Inge. Johann Christian Reinhart 1761-1847: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Munich, 1975: 91, 317 (under G 9), 371, no. Z 316, fig. 63.
1984
Mai, Ekkehard, and Götz Czymmek. Heroismus und Idylle, Formen der Landschaft um 1800 bei Jacob Philipp Hackert, Joseph Anton Koch und Johann Christian Reinhart. Exh. cat. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Cologne, 1984: 121, under no. 57.
1991
Heilmann, Christoph, ed. Johann Georg von Dillis 1759-1841, Landschaft und Menschenbild. Munich, 1991: 278, no. 135, note 3.
2003
Bushart, Bruno. Die Entdeckung der Wirklichkeit, Deutsche Malerei und Zeichnung, 1765-1815. Exh. cat. Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt. Schweinfurt and Leipzig, 2003: 175, under no. 135 (entry by Jens Christian Jensen).
Inscriptions
at bottom right in graphite: J [?] or 3 [?]
Watermarks
beehive or dovecote with letters JH& Z (similar to Churchill 180)
Wikidata ID
Q64581884