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Bernhard Rode (1725–1797), a Berlin painter and printmaker, studied with Antoine Pesne among other teachers. Appointed director of the Academy of Arts in 1783, he developed history painting connected with Enlightenment ideas while retaining a formal organisation inherited from the Baroque. His work therefore brings together different artistic and intellectual traditions.
Scipio’s Magnanimity (1779), an etching at the British Museum, arranges figures around the Roman commander whose gestures convey gratitude and generosity. Seated on a throne, Scipio receives an embrace from Allucius, whose fiancée occupies the centre. The museum also holds a preparatory study of the same year in brown pen and wash. Its composition is reversed in the print: comparison reveals the passage from drawing to etching.
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Oil on canvas
Charon fordert zwei Frauen auf, in seinen Kahn zu steigen
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-06-05
Published result : 4688 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
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Pencil
Alttestamentarische Szene
Bleistift
Catalogue period : 2018-09-17
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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