Live Auction 2511Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors Part II
Rudolph von Alt (Vienna 1812-1905)
Lot 317

Rudolph von Alt (Vienna 1812-1905)

The Arch of Titus, Rome

Closed26 January 2011

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USD 13,750

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Rudolph von Alt (Vienna 1812-1905)
The Arch of Titus, Rome
signed and inscribed 'R. Alt/ROMA'
traces of black chalk, watercolor, heightened with white
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.6 x 13.7 cm.)

L. Lobmeyer (L. 387); C.J. Wawra, Vienna, 22 October 1917, where acquired by ancestors of the present owner.

Specialist note

Von Alt first visited Italy with his father Jacob (1789-1872) in 1833. The sketches they made there - of which the present lot seems to be an example - became the basis for more highly finished paintings and watercolors that patrons back in Austria could order.