135 - T. WEBER (1813-1875), Ruins on the Palatine Hill with the Colosseum, Pencil

T. WEBER (1813-1875), Ruins on the Palatine Hill with the Colosseum, Pencil Therese Weber (1813 Nymphenburg - 1875 Munich): Ruins on the Palatine Hill with the Colosseum, 19th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Dated lower right: "Rome 25 March 1864" Date: 19th century Description: Romantic sketch of an overgrown ruin on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with a view of the nearby amphitheatre. Presumably part of the Domus Augustana, the imperial palace. Therese Weber owed her training as an artist to some of the most renowned artists of her time, Karl Rottmann, Christian Morgenstern and Albrecht Adam, to the encouragement of her uncle, General Freiherr von Weber. After the death of her father, he took Therese in and recognised the girl's talent and inclination. The artist trained in landscape and animal painting and studied modern languages, history and literature. She sketched and painted nature on numerous trips to Alsace, Lorraine and the Bavarian Inn Valley. During a trip to Lake Tegernsee, she met the botanist August Max Einsele, who inspired her to make accurate drawings of the plant world and to create a picturesque herbarium. Therese Weber excelled as a plant painter and published several collected works on local flora, especially of the Alpine countries. She also used the studies herself to decorate fans. In later life, the artist also travelled frequently, accompanied by an adopted orphan. She travelled to Italy, France and Switzerland and took part in social life. At the age of 62, she succumbed to diphtheria and died on 30 December 1875. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 21,1 cm x 34,2 cm (8,3 x 13,5 in) Condition: Very good condition. Full-page bruising along the upper edge of the sheet. Pale liquid stains and faint curling along the right edge of the sheet. Likewise along the left sheet edge. The upper left sheet corner is diagonally creased. Occasional pale stains can be recognised.