Jacob Philipp Hackert, View of the Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux
Jacob Philipp Hackert
1737 Prenzlau - 1807 San Piero di Careggio
View of the Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux
Oil on canvas (relined). 31 x 43 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Jacq: Phil: Hackert. pinx: 1767. Certificate
Dr. Claudia Nordhoff, Rome, 23.2.2019. Provenance
Possible: In the possession of the painter Johan Anton de Peters (1725-1795) until 9th March 1779, Paris. - Auctioned by Pierre Remy and Pierre François Basan, Paris, 09.03.1779 - Purchased there by the art dealer Marquis Charles-Jean Goury de Champgrand (1732-1799). - Sold by Champgrand to an unknown customer on 21.02.1780. - Unknown private ownership.
In family ownership in Hesse for three generations. Literature
General literature on Hackert: Claudia Nordhoff/Hans Reimer, Jakob Philipp Hackert 1737-1807. Verzeichnis seiner Werke. 2 Bände, Berlin, 1994. - Thomas Weidner, Jakob Philipp Hackert: Landschaftsmaler im 18. Jahrhundert. Berlin, 1998. - Cesare de Seta/Claudia Nordhoff, Hackert. Naples, 2005. - Exhibition catalogue: Jakob Philipp Hackert, la linea analitica della pittura di paesaggio in Europa, ed. Cesare de Seta, Caserta, Schloss, 2007. - Exhibition catalogue: Jakob Philipp Hackert, Europas Landschaftsmaler der Goethezeit, ed. Andreas Stolzenburg, Weimar, Neues Museum/Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 2008. - Claudia Nordhoff (ed.), Jakob Philipp Hackert, Briefe (1761-1806). Göttingen, 2012.
It is not known to whom Hackert sold this particular work, but before 9th March 1779 a painting by Hackert entitled “Vûe du côté de Caudebec en Normandie” is known to have been in the possession of one “Monsieur de Peters”, who can be identified with the painter Johan Anton de Peters (1725-1795). De Peters moved to Paris in 1756 and was acquainted with the German engraver Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808) through whom he may have met Hackert. He also worked as an art dealer; on 9th March 1779 a painting from de Peters collection was sold in the Parisian auction house of Pierre Remy and Pierre François Basan. The work, which was purchased by Marquis Charles-Jean Goury de Champgrand (1732-1799) for 150 livres, was either the present canvas or its pendant, recorded in an etching by Jacques Aliamets (1726-1788). Examples of this etching and its pendants can be found in the Zurich “Kupferstichkabinett”. Marquis Champgrand, who was also active as an art dealer in Paris throughout the 1780s, sold the piece to an unknown buyer on 21st February 1780. The piece is described in detail in the corresponding auction catalogue as “une vue des environs de Caudebec, enrichie de diverses figures“. Through the auction, the work entered unknown private ownership.
The present canvas presents a balanced and picturesque composition in which part of the cliff is shown bathed in golden sunlight whilst dark clouds in the upper edge of the work create a dramatic accent hinting toward a change in the weather. The work is lovingly wrought in all details, and we can assume that the fishermen's huts built close to the cliff, the boats, and the men working in the foreground correspond to the scene in reality. A particularly interesting detail is the ancient ivy clasped tree in the left edge of the image with its sparse sprouting branches. In this we notice Hackert's botanical interest in trees, which would lead to his later specialization in “tree portraits” during his Italian years. This work testifies to the fact that Hackert had already reached artistic maturity at the time it was painted in 1767, and represents a highly important example of his early French works.
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Jacob Philipp Hackert
1737 Prenzlau - 1807 San Piero di Careggio
View of the Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux
Oil on canvas (relined). 31 x 43 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Jacq: Phil: Hackert. pinx: 1767. Certificate
Dr. Claudia Nordhoff, Rome, 23.2.2019. Provenance
Possible: In the possession of the painter Johan Anton de Peters (1725-1795) until 9th March 1779, Paris. - Auctioned by Pierre Remy and Pierre François Basan, Paris, 09.03.1779 - Purchased there by the art dealer Marquis Charles-Jean Goury de Champgrand (1732-1799). - Sold by Champgrand to an unknown customer on 21.02.1780. - Unknown private ownership.
In family ownership in Hesse for three generations. Literature
General literature on Hackert: Claudia Nordhoff/Hans Reimer, Jakob Philipp Hackert 1737-1807. Verzeichnis seiner Werke. 2 Bände, Berlin, 1994. - Thomas Weidner, Jakob Philipp Hackert: Landschaftsmaler im 18. Jahrhundert. Berlin, 1998. - Cesare de Seta/Claudia Nordhoff, Hackert. Naples, 2005. - Exhibition catalogue: Jakob Philipp Hackert, la linea analitica della pittura di paesaggio in Europa, ed. Cesare de Seta, Caserta, Schloss, 2007. - Exhibition catalogue: Jakob Philipp Hackert, Europas Landschaftsmaler der Goethezeit, ed. Andreas Stolzenburg, Weimar, Neues Museum/Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 2008. - Claudia Nordhoff (ed.), Jakob Philipp Hackert, Briefe (1761-1806). Göttingen, 2012.
It is not known to whom Hackert sold this particular work, but before 9th March 1779 a painting by Hackert entitled “Vûe du côté de Caudebec en Normandie” is known to have been in the possession of one “Monsieur de Peters”, who can be identified with the painter Johan Anton de Peters (1725-1795). De Peters moved to Paris in 1756 and was acquainted with the German engraver Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808) through whom he may have met Hackert. He also worked as an art dealer; on 9th March 1779 a painting from de Peters collection was sold in the Parisian auction house of Pierre Remy and Pierre François Basan. The work, which was purchased by Marquis Charles-Jean Goury de Champgrand (1732-1799) for 150 livres, was either the present canvas or its pendant, recorded in an etching by Jacques Aliamets (1726-1788). Examples of this etching and its pendants can be found in the Zurich “Kupferstichkabinett”. Marquis Champgrand, who was also active as an art dealer in Paris throughout the 1780s, sold the piece to an unknown buyer on 21st February 1780. The piece is described in detail in the corresponding auction catalogue as “une vue des environs de Caudebec, enrichie de diverses figures“. Through the auction, the work entered unknown private ownership.
The present canvas presents a balanced and picturesque composition in which part of the cliff is shown bathed in golden sunlight whilst dark clouds in the upper edge of the work create a dramatic accent hinting toward a change in the weather. The work is lovingly wrought in all details, and we can assume that the fishermen's huts built close to the cliff, the boats, and the men working in the foreground correspond to the scene in reality. A particularly interesting detail is the ancient ivy clasped tree in the left edge of the image with its sparse sprouting branches. In this we notice Hackert's botanical interest in trees, which would lead to his later specialization in “tree portraits” during his Italian years. This work testifies to the fact that Hackert had already reached artistic maturity at the time it was painted in 1767, and represents a highly important example of his early French works.
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