The Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome
about 1831
- Medium
- Graphite and watercolor with touches of white gouache
- Dimensions
- 23.5 × 29.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-203229
This vibrant sheet is preparatory for a fresco of the same subject that Rottmann executed for King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786 - 1868) as part of a cycle of twenty-eight wall paintings of famous Italian views. These decorated an arcade at Munich's Hofgarten (Garden Court), where they were meant to evoke a journey through Italy. As often with Rottmann's watercolors, a significant part of the image remains unfinished, which reveals his pencil underdrawing technique.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1831 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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