Johan Thomas Lundbye (b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848)
A Roman Campagna hunter with his dog. Unsigned. Inscribed by the artist “Campagnejæger 15 Dec 1845” (Campagna hunter 15 December 1845). Pencil on paper. Visible size 26×16.5 cm.
From 3 November to 5 December 1845 in Rome Lundbye did a series of figure studies in pen or pencil and watercolour, which he called (in Danish) “Costume drawings”. Common to these costume drawings is that they are all almost without exception in full figure depicting typical common Italian people from Rome and the surrounding area, dressed in their characteristic costumes. This drawing must be seen in connection with these costume drawings - it is a bit later (15 December) and without watercolour, but otherwise this is a characteristic Italian “type”, the Campagna hunter, in full figure and with all the hunter's characteristic attributes drawn with great accuracy.
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Paintings, 24 November 2015