Skizzenbuch, 1870

Buchblock mit Einband: 172 x 105 x 5 mm
Buchblock ohne Einband: 177 x 109 x 9 mm
Einleger 1: height: 82 mm
EInleger 1: width: 121 mm
Einleger 2: height: 99 mm
EInleger 2: width: 128 mm
EInleger 3: height: 106 mm
Einleger 3: maximum width: max. 302 mm
Einleger 4: 101 x 164 mm

Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper, in half linen book covers, boards covered with marbled paper Inlay 1: watercolours on laid paper (?); inlay 2: pencil on wove cardboard; inlay 3: pencil on one folded sheet of wove paper; inlay 4: pencil on wove paper

Inventory Number: SG 2744

Object Number: SG 2744 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 1942

Status: Not on display

Texts

About the Work

In the spring of 1870, Ludwig Metz evidently took the sketchbook with him to Greece and Italy, to Aegina, Rome, Civita Castellana and Tivoli. With the pencil, he mainly captured landscape motifs, mostly with ancient ruins, of which he made drawings from multiple perspectives. He seems to have been more interested in the relationship between landscape and architecture than in structural details. Frequently, he noted the date and (usually difficult to read) also the place beneath the drawing; he often left the back of the used pages blank. ‒ This sketchbook comes with loose pages from another of Ludwig Metz’s sketchbooks.

For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Skizzenbuch

Draughtsman

Ludwig Metz

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper, in half linen book covers, boards covered with marbled paper Inlay 1: watercolours on laid paper (?); inlay 2: pencil on wove cardboard; inlay 3: pencil on one folded sheet of wove paper; inlay 4: pencil on wove paper

Material

Technique

pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

Sketchbook

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert auf dem vorderen Spiegel (mit Bleistift): Ludwig Metz. / Februar. 1870.; verschiedene Notizen und Bezeichnungen des Künstlers im Buch