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					Goethe and the Grand Tour


« Back		September 1786: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe begins his tour of Italy, one of many well-heeled young men (and the occasional woman) who made the trek to visit the cultural and historical gems of Italy. We mark the anniversary with images of Goethe and those who travelled to Italy before and after him. Click on any image to order a high-res scan!



1-G33-A1787-10-R The famous portrait of Goethe in the Campagna, 1787, by Tischbein akg-images		1-S3327-A1824 The architect K.F. Schinkel in Naples on his second tour of Italy, 1824, painted by Franz Louis Catel akg-images





1-A15-A1788 Anna Amalia of Saxon-Weimar amongst the ruins of Pompeii in a 1788/90 painting by Tishbein akg-images		3IT-P1-D2 Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Gallery of views of modern Rome, 1759 akg-images / Erich Lessing





5IT-K8-B1-1790 Michael Wutky, The Phlegraean Fields near Naples, circa 1790 akg-images		2-M180-A2-1770-7 A portrait of a traveller to Rome by someone in the circle of Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770s akg-images / Cameraphoto





2-A30-A1-1786-3 Christian Stöcklin, Italian landscape with architectural capriccio, circa 1786 akg-images		1EN-1538-A1761 A Pompeo Batoni painting of English lawyer and antiques dealer Charles John Crowle, 1761/62 akg-images / Erich Lessing





1-G33-E1786-6-B A steel engraving of Goethe in Rome akg-images		1-G33-V6 Goethe's drawing of Venice, 1790 akg-images





1-G33-V33 Goethe, Italian Farm House, 1787 akg-images		1-J20-K1769-C Emperor Joseph II and his brother Leopold II in Rome, 1769, in a painting by Pompeo Batoni akg-images / Erich Lessing





1RD-43-E1782-2 Paul I of Russia and Maria Feodorovna at the waterfalls, Tivoli, in a 1782 painting by Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros akg-images		3IT-B14-R1 Pompeo Batoni, Portrait of Charles Cecil Roberts, 1778 akg-images





2-J25-F1-1770-1 Antonio Diziani, Spring akg-images / Cameraphoto		2-L13-A1-1808-6 Jean-Victor Bertin, Landscape near Ronciglione, 1808 akg-images



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2-L13-A1-1819-1 Fyodor Matveyev, The surroundings of Tivoli, 1819 akg-images