Episode auf der Michelsburg bei Ostia
1808
Medium
Bleistift auf Papier, weiß gehöht
Dimensions
18,5 x 11,5 cm
Classification
Zeichnung
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
9479b
Art Historical Context
Step into the neoclassical world of Peter Krafft with *Episode auf der Michelsburg bei Ostia* (1808), a delicate pencil drawing on paper, heightened with white gouache for luminous effects. Measuring just 18.5 x 11.5 cm, this intimate sketch from the Belvedere Collection in Vienna captures a dramatic moment at the historic Michelsburg—likely a reference to Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo, the ancient Hadrian's Mausoleum transformed into a fortress and papal refuge. Created during Krafft's formative years as an Austrian painter influenced by classical antiquity, it reflects the early 19th-century fas...