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View of Rome from the Monastery of Sant’Onofrio, 1835
View of Rome from the Monastery of Sant’Onofrio
1835
Watercolor on paper
26.6×37.4 cm
Artists
- Rudolf von Alt
(Vienna 1812–1905 Vienna)
Currently on display at UG2
In 1833, Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905) and his father Jakob Alt (1789–1872) received a commission from Archduke Ferdinand, who would later become Emperor Ferdinand I, to create large-scale vistas of the most beautiful places in the Austrian monarchy and the neighboring countries. For this purpose, the artists went on many trips, for instance to Rome in 1835, where they created many studies to serve as templates for future paintings. The watercolor View of Rome from the Monastery of Sant’Onofrio deviates from the conventions of the classic veduta. Between the pillars of the cloister, which contracts to the right, following a diagonal axis, a view opens of the monastery garden and the Eternal City far in the background. Sophisticated perspectives enliven the picture. The interplay of light and shadow in tender colors transforms the building itself into a spectacular optical experience.
Object data
- Artist/author
- Rudolf von Alt
- Title
- View of Rome from the Monastery of Sant’Onofrio
- Date
- 1835
- Art movement
- Biedermeier
- Category
- Graphic work
- Material/technique
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6×37.4 cm
- Credit line
- Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 3641
- Inventory access
- Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
- Selection of Reference works
- Meisterwerke Leopold Museum, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2018.
- Verborgene Schätze der österreichischen Aquarellmalerei, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Franz Smola, Wien 2010 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien 05.03.2010-24.05.2010).
- Leopold. Meisterwerke aus dem Leopold Museum Wien, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold und Romana Schuler, Köln u.a. 2001.
- Walter Koschatzky: Rudolf von Alt : 1812 - 1905, Salzburg 1976.
- Catalogue raisonne
- Koschatzky 1975: 35/31
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