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Saint Agostino from Bulagajo, Perugia (San Agostino dalla parte del Bulagajo, Perugia)
About the Artwork
An early work by Steinle, this drawing dates from the beginning of the artist’s sojourn in Rome (1828-3). Steinle belonged to the second generation of Nazarenes, a group of young artists who had seceded from Vienna’s academy and committed themselves to the revival of 15th and 16th-century German and Italian art through themes derived from historical and religious sources. Calling themselves the Brotherhood of Saint Luke, they moved to Rome, studied Catholicism, and executed stylized images that recalled the visual sensibility of Renaissance engravings. This view of Saint Agostino and the surrounding landscape is in keeping with the Nazarene’s aesthetic, to which Steinle adhered troughout his career.
Inscriptions
[by artist?], upper right, in graphite: St. Agostino dalla parte del Bulagajo / Perugia 1829 ; by artist, center right, in hills: [numerals] ; VERSO, upper center, in graphite: 1
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980). The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983). The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993). Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edward Jakob von Steinle (Austrian, 1810–1886)
- Date
- 1829
- Medium
- graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28 x 42.2 cm (11 x 16 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Sundry Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 1966.723
Provenance
[C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, cat. 44, Nov. 1966, no. 151]
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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-00011389
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