Iakob Filipp Khakkert / Jakob Philipp Hackert
St. Petersburg: Slavia, 1998. sewn pb. Works from Armenian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Estonian and ten Russian collections, many published in this Hermitage exhibition catalogue for the first time, show the results of a fruitful collaboration between a German artist and his Russian patrons. Hackert's reputation in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art has been revised upward in recent years, and this catalogue of his works in the Hermitage publishes paintings of naval battles between the Russian and Turkish navies that are both dramatic works of art and a accurate visual chronicles; portraits of members of the imperial family; landscapes in and around St. Petersburg. 112 pp., 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 ins., 114 b-&-w, 38 color, Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #2523
ISBN: 5886540601
Price: $67.00