Monday, April 9, 2018

Josephus Augustus Knip in Napoleonic Rome

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Aurelian Wall
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Colosseum
1809
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Procession at the foot of the Palatine Hill
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

"Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847) is the best-known member of a dynasty of Dutch painters active from the late 18th century to about 1900.  He worked in Paris for several years in the early 19th century.  He built his reputation on painting large, composed Neoclassical landscapes, based on the drawings and oil sketches that he made in Italy between 1809 and 1813.  His career was cut short in the late 1820s when he lost the sight of one eye.  By 1832 he was completely blind."

– curator's notes from the National Gallery, London

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Temple of Minerva Medica
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Morgan Library, New York

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Temple of Minerva Medica (section of vault)
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Temple of Minerva Medica (section of vault)
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Temple of Minerva Medica (section at base in foreground)
Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in background

ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Temple of Vesta 
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Porta San Paolo and Pyramid of Cestius
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Ruins of Nero's Aqueduct in foreground
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in the distance

ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Ruins of Claudian Aqueduct
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Ruins of Aqua Julia
ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Rome - Fragment of ruined aqueduct in foreground
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in the distance

ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Josephus Augustus Knip
Ponte Salario on the River Aniene north of Rome
(built originally by the Etruscans, but no longer extant)

ca. 1809-1812
drawing, watercolor
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam