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Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 San Pietro di Careggi)
Lot 347

Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 San Pietro di Careggi)

View of Rouen

Closed7 July 2010

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GBP 16,250

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Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 San Pietro di Careggi)
View of Rouen
signed, inscribed and dated 'Jacq. Ph: Hackert, f: 1768. a Paris.' and further inscribed 'Rouën d'apres nature.'
bodycolour
6¼ x 8¼ in. (16 x 21 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bukowski's, Stockholm, 31 October 1989, lot 300.

Specialist note

Although the present drawing was executed in Paris in 1768, the inscription 'd'apres nature' suggests that it is based on a sketch made by Hackert during his travels in Normandy in 1766, which included a visit to Rouen.