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EMANUEL STEINER (1778 Winterthur 1831)
Domus Aurea in Rome
Titled in graphite "Das goldene Haus des Nero zu Rom." (Eng:
The Golden Domus Aurea in Rome).
Brown ink drawing and wash, heightened with opaque white and
graphite on blue woven paper, 312 x 421 mm.
Verso: Graphite sketch of a landscape with aqueduct and
trees.
This drawing was executed during Steiner's stay in Rome
between 1801 and 1803. The ruins of the so-called House of
Nero are located close to the Colosseum.
Steiner used his sketches of Italy after his return to
Switzerland as a template for his idealised landscape
drawings and prints. Another detailed version of this motif
exists, supplemented with a grand tree.
Depicting ruins in a night of full moon was usual around
1800. This evokes feelings of peace; typical for
romanticism, which wouldn't begin to flourish until much
later.
Seven additional large format landscape drawings in black
ink are available. Four of them showing Italian landscapes,
three with northern landscapes.
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