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Jakob Philipp Hackert

Rocky outcrop overgrown with trees

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July 6, 10:38 AM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Jakob Philipp Hackert

Prenzlau 1737 - 1807 Florence

Rocky outcrop overgrown with trees


Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk;

bears signature in black chalk, verso: PH. Hackert f. and also bears various numbers in black chalk, verso

330 by 464 mm

Johann Wilhelm Nahl (L.1954)
Jakob Philipp Hackert was one of the great German landscape painters of the 18th Century.  From early in his career he acquired a reputation for his precise and carefully detailed drawings.  After his arrival in Rome in 1768 the artist started to explore the picturesque locations surrounding the city, using them as subjects for many drawings and paintings.  In 1786 Hackert became court painter to the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV.  The terms of his contract allowed him three months a year for himself, so he could travel outside Naples and find inspiration for his paintings in other locations.