Johann Friedrich Nagel 1765 Waldheim/Sachsen – Meißen 1825 Italian Campagna landscape with a pilgrim
Gouache on wove, laid down on paper. 16.1 x 21.8 and 15.6 x 21.5 cm. Signed lower right (1). With a borderline in black brush.
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19th century
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Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.
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Johann Friedrich Nagel trained at the drawing school of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, which was affiliated to the Dresden Academy of Art at the time. After a stay in Italy, he moved to Prussia in the 1780s, where he produced a series of gouaches under the title “Sammlung aller schoenen und merkwürdigen Parthien in saemmtlichen Koenigl. Preussischen Staaten” under King Frederick William II. These were subsequently published by Morino & Compagnie in Berlin as a series of coloured outline etchings, some with grey wash. – The margins minimally rubbed, otherwise fresh colours and in good condition.
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Gouache on wove, laid down on paper. 16.1 x 21.8 and 15.6 x 21.5 cm. Signed lower right (1). With a borderline in black brush.
Period
19th century
Technique
Works on paper
Details
Provenienz:
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.
Description
Johann Friedrich Nagel trained at the drawing school of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, which was affiliated to the Dresden Academy of Art at the time. After a stay in Italy, he moved to Prussia in the 1780s, where he produced a series of gouaches under the title “Sammlung aller schoenen und merkwürdigen Parthien in saemmtlichen Koenigl. Preussischen Staaten” under King Frederick William II. These were subsequently published by Morino & Compagnie in Berlin as a series of coloured outline etchings, some with grey wash. – The margins minimally rubbed, otherwise fresh colours and in good condition.
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