The article investigates a precious collection of figure studies by the Nazarene circle carried out in Rome in the first decades of the nineteenth century. The works originate from the studio of Johann Martin von Rohden (1778-1830), the well-known German landscape painter who lived for many years in the Eternal City. The collection includes drawings by the Nazarene painters (Peter von Cornelius, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Philipp Veit), from the circle of landscape artists associated with Johann Martin von Rohden (Carl Philipp Fohr, Joseph Anton Koch and the Dutchman, Hendrik Voogt), but also rare examples by the Mongolian-Russian-German artist, Feodor Ivanovich Calmuck, and works by Konrad Eberhard, Johann Cantius Dillis, Hieronymus Hess. These figure studies (also including reclusive monks, pilgrims, shepherds and Roman country folk) reveal a secret aspect of the finished landscape paintings of Johann Martin von Rohden. To create the small figures (known in German as Figurenstaffage) in his oil landscapes that can today be found in museum collections in Kassel, Weimar, Fulda and Winterthur, von Rohden had recourse to the work of his friends, who supplied sketches of figures to help him lend “character” to his landscapes, as the renowned art critic Karl Ludwig Fernow put it.

Capitelli, G. (2018). Lo staffage nella pittura di paesaggio ideale a Roma all’inizio dell’Ottocento: Johann Martin von Rohden, Johann Christian Reinhart e gli scritti di Karl Ludwig Fernow. STUDI DI STORIA DELL'ARTE, 29, 279-296.

Lo staffage nella pittura di paesaggio ideale a Roma all’inizio dell’Ottocento: Johann Martin von Rohden, Johann Christian Reinhart e gli scritti di Karl Ludwig Fernow.

Capitelli Giovanna
2018-01-01

Abstract

The article investigates a precious collection of figure studies by the Nazarene circle carried out in Rome in the first decades of the nineteenth century. The works originate from the studio of Johann Martin von Rohden (1778-1830), the well-known German landscape painter who lived for many years in the Eternal City. The collection includes drawings by the Nazarene painters (Peter von Cornelius, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Philipp Veit), from the circle of landscape artists associated with Johann Martin von Rohden (Carl Philipp Fohr, Joseph Anton Koch and the Dutchman, Hendrik Voogt), but also rare examples by the Mongolian-Russian-German artist, Feodor Ivanovich Calmuck, and works by Konrad Eberhard, Johann Cantius Dillis, Hieronymus Hess. These figure studies (also including reclusive monks, pilgrims, shepherds and Roman country folk) reveal a secret aspect of the finished landscape paintings of Johann Martin von Rohden. To create the small figures (known in German as Figurenstaffage) in his oil landscapes that can today be found in museum collections in Kassel, Weimar, Fulda and Winterthur, von Rohden had recourse to the work of his friends, who supplied sketches of figures to help him lend “character” to his landscapes, as the renowned art critic Karl Ludwig Fernow put it.
2018
Capitelli, G. (2018). Lo staffage nella pittura di paesaggio ideale a Roma all’inizio dell’Ottocento: Johann Martin von Rohden, Johann Christian Reinhart e gli scritti di Karl Ludwig Fernow. STUDI DI STORIA DELL'ARTE, 29, 279-296.
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