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Peter von Hess (1792–1871), a German painter, studied at Munich’s academy from 1809 to 1814. His battle pictures coexist with scenes of rural Italy. Appointed court painter in 1820, he combined precise observation and idealisation within the context of Biedermeier realism. His Fantasy Panorama of Rome, drawn around 1820, also documents his use of graphite.
Outside an Inn in Tivoli (1819), at the Neue Pinakothek, is an oil painting on oak made in Munich from Italian studies. A street drawing dated 1817 supplied the setting, while figures and animals came from other sheets. Three Armed Riders Escorting Prisoners near Reims (1825), at the National Gallery of Art, uses watercolour over graphite. Underdrawing and borderlines in black ink accompany the military subject here.
This profile brings together identity references for Peter von Hess and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Watercolour
Südliche Landschaft mit rastenden Bauern
Aquarell
Auction date : 2017-11-18
Published result : 3472 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1800
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Pencil
Zeichnender Künstler
Bleistift
Auction date : 2016-05-21
Published result : 2108 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 600
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Oil on hardboard
Attribué à PETER HEINRICH LAMBERT VON HESS — Belebte Strassenpartie in Palästina.
Öl auf Htf
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Attributed
Published result : 4000 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 4000
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