Carl Stephan Bennet, Ruinlandskap Rom
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CARL STEPHAN BENNET
1800-1878
Ruinlandskap Rom
Blyerts på papper 17 x 26 cm.
Signed C. St. Bennet del / C. St Bennet, on the reverse
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A distant view of Rome with the tomb of Caecilia Metella and the church of St. Peter in the background
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Bennet was in Italy between 8 September 1830 to 30 March 1832 where he spent most of his time in Rome and Naples. In Rome he was part of the circles of Horace Vernet, B. Thorvaldsen, C. Hansen and B. E. Fogelberg. Characteristic of Bennets work is his ability to create a sense of monumentality, of which the present drawing is a superb example. Together with Hjalmar Mörner (1804-1837), Gustaf Söderberg (1799-1875) and Alexander Clemens Wetterling (1796-1858), Bennet belongs to the generation of Swedish artist that visited Rome in advance of more internationally acclaimed Swedish artists such as Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810-1890). The majority of the drawings and oilstudies Bennet executed in Italy are in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Exhibitions of his work were held at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm in 1978, Carl Stephen Bennet 1800-1878, and at Säftstaholms Castle in 1998, B. Rapp, Stadsutsikter och landskap - Minnesbilder från Stockholm, Vingåker och Rom av Carl Stephen Bennet 1800-1878.
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The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia. It was built during the 1st century B.C. to honor Caecilia Metella who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metelius Creticus, a Counsul in 69 B.C., and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus, son of the famous Marcus Crassus who served under Julius Caesar. It is one of the most well known and well preserved monuments along the Via Appia and a popular tourist site. It consists of a cylindrical drum, or rotunda, atop a square podium with the Caetani Castle (Castrum) attached at the rear. The square podium stands at 8.3 meters tall with the cylindrical drum standing at 12 m. The monument in totality stands at a height of 21.7 meters tall. The diameter of the circular drum is 29.5 m. On the outside of the monument, an inscription can be seen reading "CAECILIAE |Q·CRETICI·F | METELLAE·CRASSI" indicating to whom this tomb was dedicated. Further up the monument, decorations can be seen depicting festoons and bucrania, heads of bulls, which were the inspiration for the area being named Capo Di Bove, meaning head of the bovine. At the top of the monument, medieval battlements can be seen from the time when the tomb was used as a fortress. At the rear, the Caetani Castle is attached to the tomb. The castle originally was three levels: ground level, first level, and second level. It is unknown what the second level was used for but the first floor was used for the elite gentlemen as evidenced by fireplaces and refined goods. The castle is now used to display various decorations from the monument.
Auktionsnummer:
3112
Datum:
2016-12-08