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The Temple of Vesta in Rome
Also titled De tempel van Vesta in Rome
Josephus Augustus Knip (Tilburg, 1777–1847)
c. 1809 - c. 1812
- Medium
- paper, watercolor (paint), graphite (mineral)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 263 mm x width 380 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Gerhards Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the VSBfonds, the Mondriaan Fonds and the Vereniging Rembrandt with additional funding from the Hendrik de Jong Fonds and the Liente Dons Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The small, round building is traditionally called the Temple of Vesta, incorrectly, as it turns out, for the god to which the temple was consecrated remains unknown. The fact that every detail is fully worked up suggests that the drawing was meant for sale. Still, it does not seem to be fully finished, for Knip would certainly have introduced some colourful accents in the clothing worn by the local folk loitering about.
