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View from My Window in Rome (recto) Soldier in a Landscape (verso)

c. 1817

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Carl Ludwig Tischbein

(German, 1797–1855)

Germany, 19th century

Graphite and pen and gray ink, framing lines in pen and black ink and graphite

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.)

Lawrence Hitchcock Fund 1974.21

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Carl Ludwig Tischbein came from a family that produced 28 artists and artisans active in Germany and throughout Europe.

Description

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist, upper right, in graphite: Aus meinem Fenster in Rom. ; by artist, center left, in graphite: H. Peter ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT(?) (now removed): in black ink: Karl Ludwig Tischbein / 1797-1855 / [g]arantiert für Echtheit

Provenance

[Shepherd Gallery Associates]

Exhibition history

German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).