Tower with Man Walking
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Max: 55.5 × 44.3 cm (21 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198870
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The German Romantic artist Jacob Philipp Hackert was fascinated by Italy, and he became court painter of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. He specialized in landscape painting, particularly scenes of Classical ruins.
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.