Saint Agostino from Bulagajo, Perugia (San Agostino dalla parte del Bulagajo, Perugia)
1829
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1829
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Saint Agostino from Bulagajo, Perugia (San Agostino dalla parte del Bulagajo, Perugia) is a 1829 by Eduard von Steinle, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a scene from Perugia. It's an early work by the artist, created during his time in Rome. The artist was part of a group that wanted to bring back older styles of art from Germany and Italy. You can learn more about this style by looking into the work of artist: Edward Jakob von Steinle (Austrian, 1810–1886)
An early work by Steinle, this drawing dates from the beginning of the artist’s sojourn in Rome (1828-3). Steinle belonged to the second generation of Nazarenes, a group of young artists who had seceded from Vienna’s academy and committed themselves to the revival of 15th and 16th-century German and Italian art through themes derived from historical and religious sources. Calling themselves the Brotherhood of Saint Luke, they moved to Rome, studied Catholicism, and executed stylized images that recalled the visual sensibility of Renaissance engravings. This view of Saint Agostino and the…
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Eduard von Steinle (2 July 1810 – 16 September 1889) was a painter and a printmaker.
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