A Rocky Landscape at Civita Castellana
Medium
Brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
13 5/8 x 17 15/16 in. (34.6 x 45.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1991
Accession Number
1991.57
Tags
Art Historical Context
**A Rocky Landscape at Civ Castellana** (1776) by Jacob Hackert captures the rugged beauty of Civita Castellana, an ancient town north of Rome known for its dramatic volcanic terrain and Etruscan ruins. Hackert, a leading German landscape artist of the late 18th century, renowned for his topographic precision and luminous views inspired by the Italian countryside. Often called the "northern Claude Lorrain," he neoclassical clarity with naturalistic detail, appealing to enlightened patrons like Goethe and European royalty who prized his faithful depictions of nature. This preparatory drawing e...
About the Artist
Jacob Philipp Hackert · 1737–1807
German landscape painter, views in Italy; in the manner of Claude. Landscape painter whose international experience and views in the tradition of Claude Lorrain proved highly influential when he settled in Naples in the late 18th century.