This is an etching by Johann Christian Reinhart from the collection Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien (1792–98). It depicts a pastoral scene in the Colosseum of Rome. It is 1 of 24 that Reinhart contributed to the publication. It is handsomely framed under glass in a decorative gilt frame. The frame has some small losses as seen in the photographs. The etching itself is in a near flawless condition. On the reverse of the frame there appears to be a lot sticker numbered 97 perhaps from an auction this particular piece appeared in.
Artist Bio:
Johann Christian Reinhart (24 January 1761 – 9 June 1847) was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the founders, along with Joseph Anton Koch, of German romantic classical landscape painting.
This is an etching by Johann Christian Reinhart from the collection Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien (1792–98). It depicts a pastoral scene in the Colosseum of Rome. It is 1 of 24 that Reinhart contributed to the publication. It is handsomely framed under glass in a decorative gilt frame. The frame has some small losses as seen in the photographs. The etching itself is in a near flawless condition. On the reverse of the frame there appears to be a lot sticker numbered 97 perhaps from an auction this particular piece appeared in.
Artist Bio:
Johann Christian Reinhart (24 January 1761 – 9 June 1847) was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the founders, along with Joseph Anton Koch, of German romantic classical landscape painting.
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