Offered by Galerie Théorème
Carl Friedrich Moritz Emil von Haase (1844–1913)
View of the Aqueduct of Emperor Claudius near Rome
Signed and dated lower left: 1868
Oil on canvas
44 x 64 cm
Carl von Haase (1844–1913) was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf School. He specialized in landscapes, genre scenes, and portraits. Born into a noble family, he studied in Leipzig and Düsseldorf before settling in Dresden. His work combines attention to detail with scenes from everyday life. He spent the final years of his life in Langebrück, where he is buried.
This painting fits perfectly within Carl von Haase’s body of work and the Düsseldorf School, a movement of German Romanticism known for its realistic style and narrative painting.
The ruins of the aqueduct, a relic of a bygone grandeur, stand in the middle of a vast plain, with the city of Rome visible in the distance. The cloudy sky appears restless and ever-changing, allowing a raking, reddish twilight to shine through and bathe the ancient monument in a dramatic light.
