639 - Jakob Friedrich Peipers

Jakob Friedrich Peipers 1805 Elberfeld – 1878 Frankfurt am Main – Significant collection of views of Pompeii - (1826–1834) 152 illustrations depicting floor plans and elevations of ancient buildings, murals, thermal baths, triumphal arches, tombs, column orders, and capitals from Pompeii. Also includes illustrations of ancient implements, candelabra, lamps, helmets, and trophies. 152 pencil drawings, watercolors, and gouaches on paper (some on J. Whatman Turkish Mill vellum (1826, 1827), some on tracing paper). Includes an engraved map of Pompeii. Often monogrammed, mostly titled, and with scale indications. 46 x 31 cm (dimensions of the portfolio). Original antique portfolio. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker XXVI, p. 351. - Lit.: Ulrich Pfarr. Jakob Friedrich Peipers 1805–1878. Landscape Through the Eyes of an Architect. Frankfurt am Main 2015. A unique collection of architectural renderings, building surveys, and detailed studies. With its impressive numerical scope, thematic coherence, and precise, almost scientific drafting, this collection from the period between 1826 and 1834 is a significant cultural-historical document. The architect Jakob Friedrich Peipers received his training at Friedrich Weinbrenner’s private school of architecture in Karlsruhe and under Franz Christian Gau in Paris. After his stay in France, he settled in Frankfurt as an architect.