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HACKERT, After Jakob Philipp (1737-1807)
Le Campanile anc. Mons Lucretilis Avec la Ravine par oû passe Fonte Bello une des Sources de la Digentia [Pl. VIII]
[Pl. VIII]. [Naples]: 1780. Etching by B. A. Dunker, with engraving, by G. Eichler, coloured by hand. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, and several tiny nicks and small losses at the edges of the top and bottom margins. Image size (including text): 15 x 18 3/8 inches. Sheet size: 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches.
A fine plate of the view enjoyed by the poet Horace from his villa.
The Campanile is a rock formation in Italy that blocks a valley through which the river Digentia runs; it is close to Licenza and about 25 miles northeast of Rome. The area is now renowned as the landscape that inspired ancient Rome's leading poet of lyric and satiric poetry Quintus Horatius Flaccus ("Horace" in English), who lived from 65 to 8 B.C. during the Golden Age of Roman literature under the Emperor Augustus. His villa near Licenza is the only house of a Roman writer of the Augustan Age that can be identified and visited today. Horace wrote that the property was "the fulfillment of all my hopes and prayers."
Jacob Philipp or Johann Philipp Hackert was born in Prenzlau. He travelled extensively within Europe and was one of a group of artists who achieved a notable degree of success with their images of picturesque landscapes. He spent a great deal of his time in Italy, particularly Rome, Florence and Naples. He worked for both Catherine the Great of Russia and King Ferdinand of Naples.
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