Wuttke – Tivoli near Rome

Carl Wuttke

(1849 Trebnitz – 1927 Munich)

TIVOLI NEAR ROME

Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 27 x 20 cm

Signed lower right: C. Wuttke and dated lower left: Tivoli 1875, inscribed on the reverse: Riccordo di Tivoli. 1903.

Tivoli, with its mix of ancient temples and grand nature, picturesque location, and easy access from Rome, was part of the fixed itinerary for travelers of the Grand Tour. It was painted and drawn by all the major artists working in Italy from the 17th to the 20th century. Many artists wanted to take home a reminder of the spectacular Temple of the Sibyls, located above one of the three waterfalls. As they could not yet buy a postcard or focus the camera themselves on the subject, the artists, who also traveled in large numbers to Italy, had a wonderful market and tried to outdo each other with increasingly beautiful works. The landscape painter and world traveler Carl Wuttke, who often traveled through the United States, China, Egypt, etc., was no exception. His wonderful view of Tivoli, painted with great ease and full of light, can perfectly compete with the works of his famous predecessors.