Portfolio Category: 19. JAHRHUNDERT

Hendrik Voogd (Amsterdam 1766 – 1839 Rome) After the Storm, Rome, circa 1808 Oil on canvas, 54 x 66 cm Signed and dated lower left: H. Voogd fecit 1808        

At the right, a billowing mass of pitch-black thunderclouds recedes in the wake of a violent storm and the sky opens, infusing the landscape with brilliant sunlight. Although the...

Johann Jakob Frey (Basel 1813 - 1865 Frascati) Panorama of the Forum Romanum, 1859 Oil on canvas, 78 x 56 cm Signed and dated lower left: J.J. Frey, Anno 1859 Provenance: German private collection    

When Johann Jakob Frey executed this elaborate panorama of the Forum Romanum in 1859 he was already an established figure in his adopted city of Rome.

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Jean-Victor Bertin (Paris 1767 - 1842 Paris) Arcadian landscape, 1814 Oil on canvas, 65.9 x 88.5 cm Signed and dated lower left: Bertin / 1814 Provenance: Paris, Craig-Muller Auctions.    

Jean-Victor Bertin’s inception to the Royal Academy of Painting dates to 1785, at which time Bertin was a pupil of the history painter Gabriel-François Doyen. Three years later he joined the...