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The Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome

Carl Rottmannabout 1831

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

This vibrant sheet is preparatory for a fresco of the same subject that Rottmann executed for King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786 - 1868) as part of a cycle of twenty-eight wall paintings of famous Italian views. These decorated an arcade at Munich's Hofgarten (Garden Court), where they were meant to evoke a journey through Italy. As often with Rottmann's watercolors, a significant part of the image remains unfinished, which reveals his pencil underdrawing technique.

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