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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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