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Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr

Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr

1818
(German, born Switzerland, 1791–1849)
(German, 1787–1853)
Sheet: 14.5 x 11.4 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This print was made to commemorate the friendship between the two artists who made it, and the sitter, who had drowned while swimming in the Tiber River in Rome.

Description

This print was made by two artists as a memorial to their friend—a fellow German artist—who drowned while swimming in the Tiber River in Rome. Such “friendship portraits” were common in the early nineteenth century, especially among artists who lived or worked together as they traveled through Europe. Samuel Amsler used the technique of engraving to refer to Germany’s distinguished history in that medium, and he also clothed his friend in Renaissance garb. Such connections to the past were aspects of the Romantic ideal shared by the artists.
  • John S. Phillips, Philadelphia, PA
    1876-1985
    Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    1985-2017
    Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
    2017-2018
    C.G. Boerner, New York, NY
    December 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr|url=false|author=Samuel Amsler, Carl Barth|year=1818|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.305