Lot no. 2515
Ernst Fries
View of Ariccia
oil on paper, laid down on cardboard.. 22 x 28.5 cm.
Provenance
German collection.
This work, while unfortunately unsigned, nevertheless represents a characteristic oil study by Ernst Fries. It was probably painted in the summer of 1824 when the young artist from Heidelberg went hiking in the Alban Mountains together with Ludwig Richter, the Rist brothers, Carl Götzloff and Oehme. In late July he continued on to Ariccia with just one of the Rist brothers and they remained there until the end of August. Although Fries suffered from attacks of fever and fatigue during this time, he was still able to carry out several watercolours and drawings. Like many of his contemporaries, Fries was captivated by the Romantic beauty of the overgrown park of the Villa Chigi, which can be seen in this work on a hill in the upper left. Goethe wrote wistfully of this “wilderness” in his “Italian Journey”, and Ludwig Richter described the park in his memoirs as a “forest of magic and fairy tales”.
A further depiction of the Villa Chigi by Ernst Fries can be found in a watercolour by the artist in the Albertina in Vienna. However, unlike the present work, the viewpoint in the Vienna piece has been chosen so that the church of Santa Maria Assunta, erected by the Chigi family after designs by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 1660s, is not visible (cf. Wechssler: Ernst Fries 1801-1833. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Heidelberg 2000, illus. p. 64).
Ernst Fries
Ansicht von Ariccia
Öl auf Papier, auf Karton aufgezogen. 22 x 28,5 cm.
Provenienz
Deutsche Sammlung.
Diese leider nicht signierte, aber charakteristische Ölstudie von Ernst Fries entstand wohl im Sommer 1824, als der junge, aus Heidelberg stammende Künstler mit Ludwig Richter, den Brüdern Rist, Carl Götzloff und Oehme in den Albaner Bergen wanderte. Ende Juli ging Fries nur noch mit einem der Brüder Rist weiter nach Ariccia, wo sie bis Ende August blieben. Fries litt in diesen Wochen an Fieberanfällen und Schwäche, dennoch entstanden hier einige Aquarelle und zahlreiche Zeichnungen. Wie viele seiner Zeitgenossen war Fries vor allem von der romantischen Schönheit des verwilderten Parks der Villa Chigi fasziniert, die auf dieser Arbeit links oben auf dem Hügel zu sehen ist. Goethe rühmt in seiner „Italienischen Reise“ dessen „Wildnis“, und Ludwig Richter beschreibt diesen Park in seinen Lebenserinnerungen als „Märchen- und Zauberwald“.
Eine weitere Darstellung der Villa Chigi von Ernst Fries zeigt ein Aquarell in der Wiener Albertina. Dort ist der Standort aber so gewählt, dass die Kirche Santa Maria Assunta - ebenfalls von der Familie Chigi nach Entwürfen von Gian Lorenzo Bernini in den 60er Jahren des 17. Jahrhunderts errichtet - im Gegensatz zu unserem Bild dort nicht zu sehen ist (S. Wechssler: Ernst Fries 1801-1833. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Heidelberg 2000, Abb. S. 64).
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