View from the Villa Mattei (now Villa Celimontana) in Rome
The Villa Mattei was built on the site of an ancient vineyard on the western slope of the Caelian Hill in the course of the 16th century. When Knip was sojourning in Rome, the park was in a ruinous state. All m... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Landschap met klooster bij Subiaco
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Wolkenstudies. Watercolor painting.
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Bomen in de omgeving van Subiaco
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Landschap bij Genzano di Roma
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Gevecht bij een herberg of huis met strodak op een heuvel
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Drie studies van Italiaans rundvee
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Landschap bij Subiaco en bouwwerk te Rome
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Landschap en stadsgezicht bij Tivoli
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Anatomische studie van de spieren van een paa...
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Twee mannelijke naaktstudies
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Drie studies van liggende geiten
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Italiaans landschap bij Subiaco
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Grot - Engraving, Public domain image
In een grot maakt een man op zijn knieën een vuur aan, terwijl twee andere mannen aan de rand van een waterplas staan. Op de achtergrond, buiten de grot, een bergachtig landschap met bomen en de toren van een kasteel.
Josephus Augustus Knip - Liggende en staande geit, van achteren
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Italiaans landschap bij Subiaco
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Liggend en staand rund
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Landschap en enkele huizen bij Tivoli
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Colosseum en Santi Quattro Coronati
Vanuit een omloop van het Colosseum een uitzicht op een vlakte waarin het klooster Santi Quattro Coronati te midden van olijfbomen ligt. In de vlakte een marktkoopman met omstanders, een man met drie ezels en p... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Studie van bladeren
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Studieblad met Italiaanse boeren en boerinnen
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Studies van koeien en koeienkoppen
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Twee ezels
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Kop van een koe en twee planten
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Genzano and Lake Nemi
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Genzano and Lake Nemi
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Josephus Augustus Knip - The Shelling of ’s-Hertogenbosch by the Frenc...
At the request of the Patriots, a French army invaded the Dutch Republic in September 1794. After a siege lasting more than two weeks, ’s-Hertogenbosch was captured on 10 October. The city was shelled –even at ... More
Burdocks, Campions and Brambles by a Treetrunk on a River Bank
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Josephus Augustus Knip - The View from the Batavian Embassy in Paris
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, the Dutch ambassador in Paris, commissioned Knip to make a series of paintings of the Batavian embassy, the Hôtel de Beauharnais. This is the view from the embassy, towards the two ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Studieblad met planten en watervogels
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Gezicht bij Tours
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Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill and Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura and Sa...
The vignette at the top of this drawing shows the basilica of Santa Sabina and the surrounding buildings with the Aventine Hill rising in the background. Below is one of Rome’s greatest sights, with the church ... More
A Procession at the Foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome
Knip assembled this exceptionally large, ambitious composition with the help of at least three studies he had drawn in situ. He certainly consulted his sketchbooks for the scores of human figures. Knip probably... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Overgrown Rocks
Some worked-up, overgrown rocks, and a pair of cypresses and other trees drawn in outline, and nothing else. With Knip, less is often more: the simpler the motif, the more impressive the drawing. Unfortunately,... More
The Basilica and Monastery of the Quattro Santi Coronati in Rome
Even now this complex, located halfway between the Colosseum and the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, still looks like a virtually impenetrable medieval stronghold. According to legend, the ‘Four crowned m... More
The Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, with Two Studies of Pl...
The church, bell tower and monastery complex are here rendered from virtually the same vantage point as in Knip’s large watercolour (see adjacent), only from further away. Whether the studies of plants that mak... More
Basilica and Monastery of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome
At the far right is Clivus Scauri, an ancient road spanned by seven brick arches leading to the square before the church. Part of the church itself is visible, the splendid Romanesque apse adorned with a frieze... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Temple of Vesta in Rome
The small, round building is traditionally called the Temple of Vesta, incorrectly, as it turns out, for the god to which the temple was consecrated remains unknown. The fact that every detail is fully worked u... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - A Fountain at Grottaferrata
Grottaferrata is located southeast of Rome, on the northern side of Lake Albano. Knip worked up only a small section of his crisply, carefully detailed graphite sketch with grey wash and a touch of watercolour.... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - In the Environs of Genzano
Just like many other artists, Knip fled from the oppressive heat in the Eternal City in the summer months and sought relief in the cooler hills east of Rome. Here he portrayed the surroundings of Genzano, a lit... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Tiber at Fiumicino
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 artist masterfully portrayed this desolation in this minimalist drawing. ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - View of Marone, and Houses in or near Rome
Marone is a town in northern Italy, east of Bergamo. In this drawing, too, the foreground and background have nothing to do with one another. Knip could have drawn the view of Marone on his way back to the Netherlands.
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Baths of Caracalla in Rome
Knip several times portrayed sections of the Baths of Caracalla, which is on the south side of the ancient city. Like many artists before and after him, he must have been deeply impressed by the melancholic bea... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - A Part of an Aqueduct in Rome
Knip identified many of the aqueducts he drew as the ‘Aquaduc de Néron’. Nowadays only a small part of the network of ancient Roman water channels that have been preserved is called the Aqua Neronis (Nero’s Aqu... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Ponte Salario, near Rome
The original Ponte Salario, spanning the River Aniene north of Rome, was built by the Etruscans. This road bridge was an important link in the northern route to Rome and so was battered repeatedly in the course... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome
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 view continues in the drawing on the far right. To indicate that the shee... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in...
Knip here drew the west wall of the building that is not actually part of the church, but which stands before it and which is crowned by a rectangular bell tower with four belfry windows. On entering the gate, ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Studies of Goats
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 beestjes’ (figures and beasts), as they were d... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Tiber at Fiumicino
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 artist masterfully portrayed this desolation in this minimalist drawing. ... More
The Baths of Caracalla and Three Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rom...
Knip originally drew his spectacular panorama of the Baths of Caracalla, the largest and most luxurious of ancient Rome’s public baths, on three sheets of paper (now in five fragments). In Knip’s day, much of t... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Aurelian Wall in Rome
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. In choosing a low vantage point, Knip underscored the str... More
The Monastery at Vicovaro, and the Porter’s Lodge of the Villa Borghes...
Knip has here, too, combined two totally unrelated studies. The ‘background’ is formed by a summary sketch of the monastery near Vicovaro, a town just northeast of Rome. Over this he drew a view of the porter’s... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in ...
The gigantic, 4th-century AD building was used for judicial cases and by Romans settling private financial matters. In Knip’s time, it was known as Il Tempio della Pace (the Temple of Peace), the name he inscri... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome
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 view continues in the drawing on the far right. To indicate that the shee... More
S. Giovanni e Paolo, the Villa Mattei and the Imperial Palaces
There is every reason to believe that the two city views in this drawing together form a single panorama. The bottom strip, depicting the ruins of the imperial palaces on the Palatine Hill in Rome from the sout... More
View of the Palatine Hill in Rome, with the Arch of Constantine
In this drawing, space has been reserved in the foreground for the Arch of Constantine. Unfolding behind it is a vista of the ruins of the imperial palaces on the southern slope of the Palatine Hill. The draugh... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Landscape around Albano Laziale
Knip here drew the Castello Savelli, a medieval fortress atop a hill on the outskirts of Albano Laziale. The castle had been uninhabited since the end of the 18th century, and little by little had fallen into a... More
The Porta San Paolo and the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome
The Porta San Paolo lies on the south side of the ancient city. Knip drew the gate from the city side. That one of the two passages was bricked up in Knip’s time is clearly visible. The structure at the right i... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Aqua Claudia in Rome
Scattered throughout the ancient city centre of Rome are the remains of the Aqua Claudia. Constructed in the 1st century AD, this aqueduct provided drinking water to large parts of the city. Knip drew the spot ... More
Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome
These two fragments, showing a section of the vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica, match up with the (adjacent) fragment that incongruously features the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in the distance. T... More
The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, with the Temple of Minerva M...
Knip combined a view at left of the basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) – recognizable by its tall façade statues of Christ, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and the Church Fathers – ... More
View of the Vatican Palaces and of the Monte Mario
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. He seems to have worked only rarely on the other side of the river. Drawings of Tra... More
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with Frascati in the Distance
Above the hills in the background Knip wrote ‘Frascati’, a town just southeast of Rome. This thus must be a view of the Baths of Caracalla from the northwest, with the Porta Latina, one of the city gates in the... More
The Baths of Caracalla and Two Capitals from the Villa Mattei in Rome
On the lower part of this drawing (now cut in half) Knip wrote ‘First sheet of the three marked Q’. Inscriptions like this are found on a number of his drawings. It was the artist’s way of indicating that two o... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
The two domes and the tall bell tower are part of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome’s largest churches. The ruins with the six tall, circular arches in the left foreground are very similar to th... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - View of Roviano, Houses in Rome in the Foregr...
Knip regularly united two entirely unrelated drawings on a single sheet of paper. The town of Roviano, crowned by Castello Massimo, can be seen in a mountain landscape indicated only in outlines. Studies of uni... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Mountain Landscape at Tusculum
The history of the city of Tusculum, near Frascati, goes back to the time of the Etruscans. Here, though, Knip was not interested in the picturesque fragments of a distant past. He drew only the hills around th... More
Basilica and Monastery of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Rome
At the left can be seen the porch and part of the façade of the church. It is said to have been built on the site where the house of the patron saints, John and Paul, once stood. The two brothers died as martyr... More
Part of the Vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome
These two fragments, showing a section of the vault of the Temple of Minerva Medica, match up with the (adjacent) fragment that incongruously features the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in the distance. T... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Nero’s Aqueduct in Rome
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. It is located not far from the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, whose ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Het Colosseum te Rome
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Josephus Augustus Knip - View of Ariccia from Genzano
Knip drew the town of Ariccia and environs as seen from Genzano on two sheets of paper. Ariccia is dominated by the dome of the church of Santa Maria dell’Annunziata, designed by Bernini. At the right is the Sa... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - View of Cittaducale
Cittaducale lies northeast of Rome, approximately level with Viterbo, but more to the east. This is one of Knip’s most atmospheric drawings. He evidently drew the town just after dawn; the early morning mist st... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Castel Gandolfo with Lake Albano at the Left
Rising up on the bank of Lake Albano, southeast of Rome, is the apostolic palace built in the 1620s, where the pope traditionally resides for part of the summer and early autumn. Pope Francis plans to turn the ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - View of Ariccia from Genzano
Knip drew the town of Ariccia and environs as seen from Genzano on two sheets of paper. Ariccia is dominated by the dome of the church of Santa Maria dell’Annunziata, designed by Bernini. At the right is the Sa... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Mount Vesuvius
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 portfolio (of drawings) from that beauti... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Mount Vesuvius, with Torre Annunziata (?)
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, on the same peninsula as Sorrento. The place depicted here is clearl... More
The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance
When Knip painted this landscape, he relied on sketches he had drawn in Italy. The result: Italy in a nutshell. The Gulf of Naples, with the island of Ischia and the volcano Epomeo in the distance, is combined ... More
Josephus Augustus Knip - Genzano and Lake Nemi
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The View from the Batavian Embassy in Paris, Josephus Augustus Knip, 1...
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, the Dutch ambassador in Paris, commissioned Knip to make a series of paint-ings of the Batavian embassy, the Hôtel de Beauharnais. This is the view from the embassy, looking at the... More
The garden facade of the Batavian embassy in Paris during the ambassad...
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De beschieting van 's-Hertogenbosch door de Fransen tijdens het beleg ...
Bombardment of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) by the French during the siege of 1794 Nederlands: De beschieting van 's-Hertogenbosch door de Fransen tijdens het beleg van 1794
The Jardin de Bagatelle in Auteuil, the property of Rutger Jan Schimme...
Nederlands: Gezicht op de tuin van de ambassadeur Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, de 'Jardin de Bagatelle' te Auteuil. oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 . Height: 95 cm (37.4 in); Wi... More
J.A. Knip - Koeien en schapen aan een drinkplaats bij een boerderij - ...
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Joseph August Knip - Garnisonsstall in Rosny-sur-Seine - 14481 - Bavar...
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Gezicht op Terni (Toscane) - SA 876 - Amsterd...
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Bloemstilleven - SA 939 - Amsterdam Museum
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Josephus Augustus Knip - Italiaans landschap met geiten - 1406 (OK) - ...
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Italian Ruin on the Shores of a Lake by Josephus Augustus Knip Rijksdi...
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De beschieting van Den Bosch door de Fransen Rijksmuseum SK-A-4220
Nederlands: De beschieting of bombardement van 's-Hertogenbosch door de Fransen tijdens het beleg van 1794, vermoedelijk in de nacht van 25 op 26 september. Nachtstuk waarin de vurende kanonnen en inslaande bo... More
J.A. Knip - Gezicht op Deventer
Nederlands: Gezicht op Deventer met schipbrug, schilderij J.A. Knip, ca, 1835 De afgebeelde poorten zouden spoedig worden gesloopt, links de Buiten- en Binnen-Vispoort, grotendeels in 1838. De Duimpoort rechts... More