Josephus Augustus Knip Collection

Study of leaves, 1787-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Study of leaves, 1787-1847

Italian landscape at Subiaco, c.1787-c.1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Italian landscape at Subiaco, c.1787-c.1847

Landscape with monastery at Subiaco, 1778-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Landscape with monastery at Subiaco, 1778-1847

Landscape near Genzano di Roma, 1778-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Landscape near Genzano di Roma, 1778-1847

Landscape at Subiaco and building in Rome, 1787-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Landscape at Subiaco and building in Rome, 1787-1847

Landscape and some houses near Tivoli, 1787-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Landscape and some houses near Tivoli, 1787-1847

Italian landscape at Subiaco, 1787-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Italian landscape at Subiaco, 1787-1847

Trees in the Subiaco area, 1778-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Trees in the Subiaco area, 1778-1847

Study sheet with plants and water birds, 1806. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Study sheet with plants and water birds, 1806

The Colosseum in Rome, 1809. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Colosseum in Rome, 1809

Study sheet with Italian farmers and peasant women, 1787-1847. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Study sheet with Italian farmers and peasant women, 1787-1847

The Basilica and Monastery of the Quattro Santi Coronati in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Basilica and Monastery of the Quattro Santi Coronati in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Even now this complex, located halfway between the Colosseum and the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano

View of the Palatine Hill in Rome, with the Arch of Constantine, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of the Palatine Hill in Rome, with the Arch of Constantine, c.1809-c.1812. In this drawing, space has been reserved in the foreground for the Arch of Constantine

The Aqua Claudia in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Aqua Claudia in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Scattered throughout the ancient city centre of Rome are the remains of the Aqua Claudia

The Baths of Caracalla and Three Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Baths of Caracalla and Three Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip originally drew his spectacular panorama of the Baths of Caracalla

The Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, with Two Studies of Plants, c.1809-c.1812. The church, bell tower and monastery complex are here rendered from virtually the same vantage point as in

View of Ariccia from Genzano, c.1810. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of Ariccia from Genzano, c.1810. Knip drew the town of Ariccia and environs as seen from Genzano on two sheets of paper

View of Ariccia from Genzano, c.1810-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of Ariccia from Genzano, c.1810-c.1812. Knip drew the town of Ariccia and environs as seen from Genzano on two sheets of paper

The Ponte Salario, near Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Ponte Salario, near Rome, c.1809-c.1812. The original Ponte Salario, spanning the River Aniene north of Rome, was built by the Etruscans

The Aurelian Wall in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Aurelian Wall in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Construction of this 18-kilometre-long rampart began under the reign of Roman Emperor Aurelian (270-275 AD), which explains its name, the Aurelian Wall

The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip several times portrayed sections of the Baths of Caracalla, which is on the south side of the ancient city

The Baths of Caracalla and Two Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Baths of Caracalla and Two Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. On the lower part of this drawing (now cut in half) Knip wrote First sheet of the three marked Q'

Basilica and Monastery of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Basilica and Monastery of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Drawing from a group of 46 drawings and studies from mainly cityscapes and landscapes in and around Rome

View from the Villa Mattei (now Villa Celimontana) in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View from the Villa Mattei (now Villa Celimontana) in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. The Villa Mattei was built on the site of an ancient vineyard on the western slope of the Caelian Hill in the course of

Overgrown Rocks, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Overgrown Rocks, c.1809-c.1812. Some worked-up, overgrown rocks, and a pair of cypresses and other trees drawn in outline, and nothing else

S. Giovanni E Paolo, The Villa Mattei and the Imperial Palaces, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
S. Giovanni E Paolo, The Villa Mattei and the Imperial Palaces, c.1809-c.1812. Drawing from a group of 46 drawings and studies from mainly cityscapes and landscapes in and around Rome

A Procession at the Foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
A Procession at the Foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip assembled this exceptionally large, ambitious composition with the help of at least three studies he had drawn in situ

View of the Vatican Palaces and of the Monte Mario, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of the Vatican Palaces and of the Monte Mario, c.1809-c.1812. Knip made almost all of his Roman drawings in the part of the ancient city that stretches out from the left bank of the Tiber

The Temple of Vesta in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Temple of Vesta in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. The small, round building is traditionally called the Temple of Vesta, incorrectly, as it turns out

Studies of Goats, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Studies of Goats, c.1809-c.1812. Knip must have drawn these kinds of small studies of animals in large numbers. They proved useful as staffage in his painted landscapes populated with beeldjes en

Mount Vesuvius, c.1811. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Mount Vesuvius, c.1811. In a succinct biography of 1819 Knip wrote: I set out for Naples on 6 September 1811, and having seen the most beautiful sights I returned to winter in Rome with a good

Mount Vesuvius, with Torre Annunziata (?), c.1811. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Mount Vesuvius, with Torre Annunziata (?), c.1811. Knip's annotation led to some confusion. While there is a place called Annunziata, it lies more to the south, farther south even than Naples

View of Cittaducale, c.1810-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of Cittaducale, c.1810-c.1812. Cittaducale lies northeast of Rome, approximately level with Viterbo, but more to the east. This is one of Knip's most atmospheric drawings

View of Roviano, Houses in Rome in the Foreground, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
View of Roviano, Houses in Rome in the Foreground, c.1809-c.1812. Knip regularly united two entirely unrelated drawings on a single sheet of paper

A Fountain at Grottaferrata, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
A Fountain at Grottaferrata, c.1809-c.1812. Grottaferrata is located southeast of Rome, on the northern side of Lake Albano

In the Environs of Genzano, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
In the Environs of Genzano, c.1809-c.1812. Just like many other artists, Knip fled from the oppressive heat in the Eternal City in the summer months

The Tiber at Fiumicino, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Tiber at Fiumicino, c.1809-c.1812. The plain to the west of Rome, the low-lying land between the city and the Tyrrhenian coastline, was as good as empty in Knip's day

The Tiber at Fiumicino, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Tiber at Fiumicino, c.1809-c.1812. The plain to the west of Rome, the low-lying land between the city and the Tyrrhenian coastline, was as good as empty in Knip's day

Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Originally, these two drawings were the lower halves of the two sheets on the right with a panoramic view of the Baths of Caracalla

The Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip here drew the west wall of the building that is not actually part of the church

Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill and Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura and Santa Costanza in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Drawing from a group of 46 drawings and studies from mainly cityscapes

The Porta San Paolo and the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Porta San Paolo and the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. The Porta San Paolo lies on the south side of the ancient city. Knip drew the gate from the city side

The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with Frascati in the Distance, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with Frascati in the Distance, c.1809-c.1812. Above the hills in the background Knip wrote Frascati, a town just southeast of Rome

Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Fragment showing a section of the vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica

Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Fragment showing a section of the vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. The two domes and the tall bell tower are part of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome's largest churches

Nero's Aqueduct in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
Nero's Aqueduct in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip seems here to have drawn a section of the aqueduct that even now is still known as the Aquadotto Neroniano, the ancient Aqua Neronis

A Part of an Aqueduct in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
A Part of an Aqueduct in Rome, c.1809-c.1812. Knip identified many of the aqueducts he drew as the Aquaduc de Neron (Nero's Aquaduct)

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