Lot 2501 D α

Jacob More - The Villa of Maecenas and the Waterfalls at Tivoli

Auction 1153 - overview Cologne
30.05.2020, 14:00 - Art of the 19th Century
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
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Jacob More

The Villa of Maecenas and the Waterfalls at Tivoli

Watercolour on paper. 50.5 x 71 cm.
Framed under glass.

Inscribed on the reverse: Maecenas Villa at Tivoli. Jacob More.
Jacob More learnt to painting in his home town of Edinburgh. His greatest teacher and role model was the French master Claude Lorrain. More moved to Rome in 1773, where Jakob Philipp Hackert had settled just four years previously. There is said to have been a certain rivalry between the two artists. Goethe visited More in his studio in 1787 and was impressed by his works. More was highly respected among the other British artists in Rome and he also sent his works from the city to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy in London. One of his main patrons was Prince Borghese, and More even designed a landscape garden in the Scottish style for the prince's villa.

Provenance

Christie´s London, 25.05.2007, lot 1. - Scandinavian private collection.

Exhibitions

The Fine Art Society, London, October 1977.