Carte generale de la partie de la Sabine où etoit situèe la Maison de Campagne d'Horace...
| Reference: | CO-687 |
| Author | Georg Abraham HACKERT |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Zone: | Sabina |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 460 x 375 mm |
€380.00
| Reference: | CO-687 |
| Author | Georg Abraham HACKERT |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Zone: | Sabina |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 460 x 375 mm |
€380.00
Description
Carte generale de la partie de la Sabine où etoit situèe la Maison de Campagne d'Horace, suivie de dix Vües des sites de cette Campagne et de ses Environs, nommés dans les Oeuvres d'Horace, et relatives aux dissertations que Mr. l'Abbé de Santis Mr. l'Abbé Capmartin de Chaupy et Mr. de Ramsay ont publié à ce sujet
Topographical map, which depicts mountains and routes with the inclusion of names. There are four scales comparing Roman, English, French and German measurements on the top right hand side and detail of the mosaic pavement from Horace's Villa. The royal shield of Gustav III is engraved in the centre of the dedication: "Dediées à La Majesté Roi de Suede des Goths Gustave III et des Vandales &c. &c. &c. Par son très humble très obeïssant et très Soumis Serviteur Ja: Ph: Hackert."
Lettered in French with title, dedication to Gustav III of Sweden by J.P.Hackert, and "A Rome chez George Hackert graveur Place de l'Espagne". From Dix vues de la maison de campagne d'Horace, engraved by Georg Hackert after Philipp Jakob Hackert.
The series of views of Horace's villa in the Sabine Hills consists of ten numbered plates. There is also an unnumbered companion sheet giving a map of the region and the locations of the ten views.
The series was dedicated to the King of Sweden, and work began on the engraving in 1780. It was completed in 1784 and reviewed in the 'Giornale delle belle Arti' in November that year. It had its own undated prospectus announcing its completion and its price (7 Roman ecus or 37 French livres).
Bibliografia
Nagler G.K., Neues Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, V 0005 p 00490, 1835-52; Nicolas 1924 / Balthasar-Antoine Dunker (49.1)
Georg Abraham HACKERT (Prenzlau, 1755; Firenze, 1805)
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Brother of Philipp Hackert. He trained in Berlin with F. G. Berger and went to Italy in 1776 at the invitation of his elder brother Philipp. Though his training was based mainly on 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, he was soon influenced by the Neo-classical theories of Winckelmann and Mengs. His work in Rome compromises effectively between a calligraphic approach and the Romantic spirit. In fact, while faithfully rendering his brother’s landscapes, he managed to infuse a new sense of nature into his engravings. He had the ability to illustrate a scene as if engraving from life rather than from a painting. Georg did most of his work in Naples, where the Bourbon court appointed him official engraver. In this position he was an upholder and propagator of Neo-classical theories, but his influence on Neapolitan engraving, especially through his renderings of his brother’s great canvases of Ports of the Realm, remains to be studied. He fled Naples with his brother in 1799.
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Georg Abraham HACKERT (Prenzlau, 1755; Firenze, 1805)
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Brother of Philipp Hackert. He trained in Berlin with F. G. Berger and went to Italy in 1776 at the invitation of his elder brother Philipp. Though his training was based mainly on 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, he was soon influenced by the Neo-classical theories of Winckelmann and Mengs. His work in Rome compromises effectively between a calligraphic approach and the Romantic spirit. In fact, while faithfully rendering his brother’s landscapes, he managed to infuse a new sense of nature into his engravings. He had the ability to illustrate a scene as if engraving from life rather than from a painting. Georg did most of his work in Naples, where the Bourbon court appointed him official engraver. In this position he was an upholder and propagator of Neo-classical theories, but his influence on Neapolitan engraving, especially through his renderings of his brother’s great canvases of Ports of the Realm, remains to be studied. He fled Naples with his brother in 1799.
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