Sketchbook
1857
Peter Frederick Rothermel
American, 1817-1895
American Art
This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall.
- Maker/Artist
- Rothermel, Peter Frederick
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper
- Medium
- graphite, ink, watercolor, cream, medium-weight, slightly, textured, wove, paper
- Dimensions
- 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm)
- Inscribed
- see Description
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.129
- Credit Line
- Purchase gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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