The Baths of Caracalla and Two Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome

Josephus Augustus Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

On the lower part of this drawing (now cut in half) Knip wrote ‘First sheet of the three marked Q’. Inscriptions like this are found on a number of his drawings. It was the artist’s way of indicating that two or three sheets formed a cohesive group. The drawings can sometimes be joined up to form a continuous panorama, as is the case with this view from the Villa Mattei (now Villa Celimontana) in Rome.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2014-14-41
  • Dimensionsheight 214 mm x width 507 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgrafiet, penseel in grijs en penseel in waterverf in kleuren