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View from My Window in Rome (recto)
Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Tischbeinc. 1819
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Carl Ludwig Tischbein was one of many artists who traveled from across Europe to Rome during the early 19th century and drew upon the city’s ancient past and its surrounding landscape for inspiration. This spare drawing uses Tischbein's window as a compositional device, framing a casual view of rooftops and walled gardens populated by a variety of plants and a small cat.
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- Title: View from My Window in Rome (recto)
- Creator: Carl Ludwig Tischbein (German, 1797-1855)
- Date Created: c. 1819
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.4 x 17.1 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.); Image: 20.5 x 16.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.21.a
- Medium: graphite and pen and gray ink, framing lines in pen and black ink and graphite
- Inscriptions: inscribed by artist, upper right, in graphite: Aus meinem Fenster in Rom.; center left, in graphite: H. Peter; inscribed on former mount (now removed), in black ink: Karl Ludwig Tischbein / 1797-1855 / [g]arantiert für Echtheit
- Fun Fact: Carl Ludwig Tischbein came from a family that produced 28 artists and artisans active in Germany and throughout Europe.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: Germany, 19th century
- Credit Line: Lawrence Hitchcock Fund
- Collection: DR - German
- Accession Number: 1974.21.a
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