Waterfall in Frascati

Jacob Philipp Hackert

Basic information

ID: Ж-260
Author: Jacob Philipp Hackert
Name: Waterfall in Frascati
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 34 x 28

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: landscape
Plot: Landscape
Provenance: Collection of Ivan Yakovych
Exposition: Potocki Palace

Information about author

Author: Jacob Philipp Hackert
Artist's lifetime: 1737–1807
Country: Germany
Biography: Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737–1807) was a German painter and landscape artist. He studied painting first with his father and uncle and later at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. At the beginning of the 1760s, he worked in Scandinavia and later in France. After 1768 and until the end of his life, he worked in Italy, serving for some time as court painter to Ferdinand IV. In the 1780s, Hackert became friends with J. W. von Goethe, who published a catalogue of the artist's paintings and a biography after the painter's death (1811). Hackert was one of the most successful landscape painters of his time, a typical representative of Сlassicism. During his lifetime, he had high-ranking admirers among European aristocrats.

Object description

The painting realistically captures the beauty of the landscape, combined with the artist's masterful vision. The author created numerous sketches from life, topographically depicting the landscape. Hackert's landscape possesses classical expressiveness based on detailed drawing. It is characterised by a restrained colour palette and somewhat muted light. In the painting "Waterfall in Frascati", the artist depicts a waterfall alongside ancient architecture, showcasing the eternal aspects of nature.

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