Cypresses in the Park of Villa d'Este near Tivoli, ca. 1839/40
Brush with grey ink, grey wash
Sheet dimensions57,8 × 44,1 cm
Depicted locationVilla d'Este
Depicted locationTivoli
About the workFascinated by the striking cypresses in the gardens of the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer noted in his diary in August 1839: “I must return here to make studies.” The following year he wrote: “In Tivoli I have worked more than ever before in my life, so that by the end I was almost unable to draw another stroke with the pen in my hand.” The result was impressive tree portraits of the famous pines and cypresses of the Villa d’Este. Slightly modified groups of trees later served as repeated motifs in Schirmer’s oil sketches and paintings.
AccessionAcquisition 1938
Provenance[...]; 1938 angekauft von Dr. Karl Koetschau, Düsseldorf
Inventory numberK 1938-38
