ID: 700008202 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008202	Record Type: Movable Work

View of Amalfi (drawing (visual work); Carl Wagner (German, 1796 - 1867) (German Artist); 1823; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2009.76)

Note: The drawing represents a detailed view Amalfi-as seen from the north-the famous coastal town southeast of Naples. Having left Germany in August 1822, Wagner arrived in Rome in October that year, but he did not reach the Naples area until early May 1823. Given that the artist was back in Rome on the 28th of September and that the drawing dates from the 17th of July, Wagner must have executed this sheet as he was heading back to the Eternal City. Minute and precise, his pen technique vividly renders the layered structure of the city's lay-out as well as the picturesque character of its rocky surroundings. While the exact purpose of the drawing is not known, it was likely drawn as an autonomous study with the idea that it might serve later as the basis for a painting.Carl Wagner was born the son of the poet and novelist Ernst Johann Wagner (1769-1812). Carl studied at the Dresden academy from 1817 to 1820; there he was acquainted with tenors of the German Romantic movement-notably Ludwig Richter, Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus and Ernst Ferdinand Oehme. Wagner went to Italy from 1822 to 1825. In Rome he visited Johann Christian Reinhart, whose work he admired very much. After his return to Germany, Wagner became court artist and head of the collections of the dukes of Sachsen-Meiningen, in the southern part of Thuringia-a region which he depicted on many occasions.

Titles:

View of Amalfi (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1823

Creator Display:

Carl Wagner (German, 1796 - 1867) (German Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Wagner, Carl (German painter and printmaker, 1796-1867) [500000278]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2009.76

Other: Creation: Italia [1000080] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Pen and gray ink over pencil

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: 32.3 x 44.1 cm (12 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Amalfi [7004574]
	.....(Salerno province (province), Campania (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: Dated at upper right Amalfi d. 17 July. 23

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
View of Amalfi	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)