Skizzenbuch 1852

drawing

natural stone pattern

aged paper

toned paper

16_19th-century

water colours

worn

paper texture

chalky texture

german

carved into stone

watercolour bleed

watercolor

"Skizzenbuch" is a sketchbook by Ludwig Metz, created in 1852. The current location of the sketchbook is the Städel Museum. Although the sketchbook is empty, it remains a significant piece of artistic history. The worn cover provides insight into the artist’s creative process, revealing the physical journey of the sketchbook through time and use. The cover, characterized by its worn texture, offers a glimpse into the artist’s creative journey, showing the marks of use and time.

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In the summer of 1852, Ludwig Metz travelled to Italy. With a pencil, rarely with a brush in brown, he sketched views of the visited places and landscapes in his landscape sketchbook. Almost fully dated and labelled, the studies reveal Metz’s route from Rome to the Gulf of Naples. Later he tore out numerous pages, perhaps to use them in another context, like the loosely inserted drawings for Orvieto and Viterbo. Apart from the last two pages, the last third of the book remained empty.For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.