Saint Francis in front of The Sultan, 1834–1837

ArtistJohann Anton Ramboux, Trier 1790–1866 Köln

Artistnach Giotto di Bondone, Vespignano 1266–1337 Firenze

Gouache, watercolour

Sheet dimensions47,8 x 42,8 cm

Status

not on display

About the workAfter studying in Paris and Munich, Johann Anton Ramboux travelled throughout Italy between 1816 and 1842. For his own "museum of copies" of Italian art history, he reproduced numerous works from medieval churches in coloured gouaches, including the murals in the upper church of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. These 28 gouaches after Giotto’s famous frescoes, painted around 1300, belong to a collection of 327 copies by the artist. The later Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV acquired them around 1840 and gave them to the city of Düsseldorf to be used for teaching at the academy.

AccessionAcquisition for the city of Düsseldorf 1841

Provenance[...]; 1841 Stadt Düsseldorf erworben durch Schenkung von König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. zusammen mit der "Katholischen Genossenschaft des Rheinischen Ritterbürtigen Adels"

Inventory numberR 72

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Saint Francis in front of The Sultan, 1834–1837

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