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Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737 - 1807 San Piero di Careggio presso Firenze) Expansive river landscape, w/ village, ruined castle, and lovers, oil on canvas, 79 x 129 cm, w/ frame, (Wo).€ 35.000 - 60.000 US $ 34.650 - 59.400 Provenance: South German private collection. Expert's Report: Claudia Nordhoff, 19. November 1998. Frau Dr. Nordhoff confirms that she has added this painting to the catalogue of works by Jakob Philipp Hackert (cat.no 412) as a work by the artist's own hand. Literature: Claudia Nordhoff &Hans Reimer," Jakob Philipp Hackert 1737 - 1807". catalogue of works, Berlin 1994, vol. II, No.412. Dr. Nordhoff describes the painting in the following terms: "The picture combines all the typical elements of a river landscape, of the kind produced by Hackert from 1765 - 1767, mainly in the form of gouaches. A similar pair of lovers under a tree appears in a 1767 gouache at the Budapest Museum. The ruined castle and a Gothic church tower "recall the sketches form Hackert's trips through Normandy (cf. the Weimar sketchbook of 1766.)" Dr. Nordhoff dates the painting to ca. 1765/66. Hackert studied at the Berlin Academy specialising in landscape painting, aligning himself with Claude Lorrain and the Dutch painters Swanevelt, Moucheron, Berchem, and Asselyn. In 1765 he went to Paris and Normandy, 1768 move to Rome, 1770 working for the ambassador and famous collector Lord Hamilton in Naples. The numerous views form the surroundings of Rome and Naples eventually made his reputation. He did work for the Pope, Catherine II of Russia, the Borghese, Aldobrandini, the King of Naples, and struck up a friendship with Goethe. In 1799 he moved to Florence where he later died. Both as an artist and a man, Hackert was highly respected among Roman and Neapolitan aristocratic society, as well as among British art lovers, and the circle of friends of Angelika Kauffmann.
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