The valley of the Aniene, in the Roman campagna. Etching by J.A. Koch, 1810.

  • Koch, Joseph Anton, 1768-1839.
Date:
1810
Reference:
2822730i
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Description

Rocca Canterano, Rocca Santo Stefano, and Rocca di Mezzo are adjacent places in Lazio. The print shows a hunter with his hounds and gun, seated on a fallen tree-trunk smoking a pipe while having a rest. Right, goatherds move their flock towards the shade

Publication/Creation

1810

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 17 x 22.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Rocca di S. Stefano di Mezzo, e Canturano. Koch fece

References note

Antony Griffiths and Frances Carey, German printmaking in the age of Goethe, London 1994, pp. 160-161, no. 105.14 (as "Castle of S. Stefano di Mezzo and Canturano")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2822730i

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