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View from My Window in Rome (recto) Soldier in a Landscape (verso)
Also known as: View from the Artist's Window in Rome (recto)
About the Artwork
Carl Ludwig Tischbein was one of many artists who traveled from across Europe to Rome during the early 19th century and drew upon the city’s ancient past and its surrounding landscape for inspiration. This spare drawing uses Tischbein's window as a compositional device, framing a casual view of rooftops and walled gardens populated by a variety of plants and a small cat.
Inscriptions
by artist, upper right, in graphite: Aus meinem Fenster in Rom. ; by artist, center left, in graphite: H. Peter ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT(?) (now removed): in black ink: Karl Ludwig Tischbein / 1797-1855 / [g]arantiert für Echtheit
Provenance
[Shepherd Gallery Associates]
Exhibition history
German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980). Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Carl Ludwig Tischbein (German, 1797–1855)
- Date
- c. 1817
- Medium
- graphite and pen and gray ink, framing lines in pen and black ink and graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22.4 x 17.1 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.); Image: 20.5 x 16.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Lawrence Hitchcock Fund
- Accession no.
- 1974.21
More by Carl Ludwig Tischbein in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011164
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