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Venus and Adonis (Pompeian Mural Paintings in Drawings by Wilhelm Zahn)

Wilhelm Zahn1836

Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

During his journeys to Italy (1824 – 36), the painter and art researcher Wilhelm Zahn (1800 – 1871) created exact copies of Roman mural paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum by using tracing technique. He then coloured the traced drawings and published them in editions, which at that time were widely distributed.

Details

  • Title: Venus and Adonis (Pompeian Mural Paintings in Drawings by Wilhelm Zahn)
  • Creator: Wilhelm Zahn
  • Date Created: 1836
  • Location: Original: Pompeii, Casa dell’Adone ferito
  • Type: Water colour
  • Medium: Water colour
  • Inv.-No.: W. Zahn I 20
  • ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-814319
  • External link: Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyrights: Text: © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin || Photo: © b p k - || Photo Agency / Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius
  • Collection: Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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