Civita Castellana No. 2 - John Linet - lithograph

【Picture 1-Picture 2 is the original picture】 [Figure 3 - Portrait of John Linet, Spanish painter José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781~1859), 1812. 】 Author: Johann Christian Reinhart (1761 – 1847) Name: [A Civita Castellana 2], from: [Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien]. Attribution: JC Reinhart fec. Romae. Technique: Etching. Year: 1793. Size: Cropped to frame 35 x 26.5 cm (frame). 50 x 60 cm (including cardboard). Remarks: with double-layer cardboard mounting (without frame) No.: P K-064-7 about the author: The German painter and printmaker Johann Christian Reinhart (1761 ~ 1847) is regarded as the founding figure of German Romantic landscape painting, but his golden age began in Italy. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, many German artists who had worked in Italy used printmaking as their main creative medium, and Reiner was one of them. After the Renaissance, Italy has become a destination for artists to visit. Most of the German Romantic artists have stayed here for a long or a short time, and Leinte not only married here, but also established his artistic reputation here. In 1829, King Ludwig I of Bavaria (Ludwig I, 1786 ~ 1868) commissioned him to paint four huge Italian landscape paintings (about 170 x 270 cm), which can be imagined at the time of Reynter's fame. Born in Hof, Bavaria, Leinter started painting in high school with the encouragement of his teacher. Originally, he followed in his father's footsteps to study theology before turning to artistic creation. In 1783, he came to Dresden, an important art town in Germany at that time, and studied under the door of Johann Christian Klengel (1751~1824), the master of early German romantic landscape art. Master's work. In 1789 he was awarded a scholarship from the Marquis of Ansbach and left Dresstown for Rome, where he remained until his death in 1847. Living in Rome, perhaps a little more free than in the small principality of Germany at the time, was where Reynter came into contact with artists from all over Europe, including many of his colleagues in his hometown. This is a positive environment where we can learn from each other, but Rinter also has to work hard to stand out in the competitive art market. His paintings, drawings and engravings earned him a reputation and a lucrative income, and in 1801 Lainte was finally able to marry an Italian woman and start a family. After he came to Rome, he participated in the publication project of the Italian landscape prints by the then Nuremberg art dealer Johann Friedrich Franenholz: Maleerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien. The project took seven years (1792~98) and included 72 scenes of Rome and its environs. Wright and two other German printmakers, Albert Christoph Dies (1755~1822) and Ja Jacob Wilhem Mechau (1745~1808) was responsible for 24 works each. From the perspective of scale and era, this publishing project can be said to be the most important printmaking achievement at that time, and it has laid a new paradigm for landscape expression. Let people use historical events to celebrate the past and remember the present. The importance of Leinte in the history of art lies in his ability to transform natural landscapes into idealized pictures, combining known styles, themes and shapes, and transforming them with his superb skills, giving them a heroic and sublime flavor. In addition to his 24 works in [Etching of Italian Landscapes], he also continued to create related prints, with a total of 170 pieces. As for his paintings, in addition to the four collections in the New Pinakothek in Munich today In addition to a work commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, there are eight historical landscape paintings he completed in 1825 at the Palazzo Massimi in Rome, and other works are scattered in galleries across Europe. Introduction of works: 【Civita Castellana No. 2】This work depicts the suburban scenery of Civita Castellana, a town located 65 kilometers north of Rome. Civita Castellana literally translates as "city of castles". As early as the Iron Age, the Indo-European Italice people migrated to Italy and settled in this area, and were later taken by the Romans of the Latin nation. Defeated and assimilated. It was not inhabited again until the Middle Ages. And gradually developed into an autonomous city, it has also become one of the focuses of the Papal State and the Holy Roman Empire. At the beginning of the twelfth century, the city was incorporated into the Papal State, and was later entrusted to the cardinal, the later Pope Alexander VI (Alexander PP. VI, 1431 ~ 1503). Under his construction, it began to have today's size. In this work, Leinte chose the depths of the valley next to Civita Castellana, where the gurgling river water passes through the Stone in the river, and the two fishermen have completed a catch. Here, there is no human cultural context to follow, and it completely returns to the mysterious realm of nature. The trees by the river, in Leinte's writings, the foliage shows rich layers. This print has been cropped, leaving only the picture and the artist's signature in the lower left corner. The original title [A Civita Castellana] was cropped, probably because of the previous yellow spots , affecting the overall appearance. *If you have any details, please send a message to contact the designer *The main products of this design hall are Western antiques, old jewelry, and old European original prints. Old products will inevitably have traces of historical years, but they are cleverly placed according to personal taste, and they can promote an extraordinary life. 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