Signed J.K. Hottinger fec and dated 1804

Pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour, pen and black ink framing lines, within a yellow border

393 x 507 mm. (15 x 20 in.)

SOLD TO A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

He was a pupil of Leendert Overbeek (1752-Haarlem 1815), in Rome. He was a member of the Society of Saint Luke. He worked in Vienna and Munich.

Pforr, Overbeek, Hottinger and other artists shared a dislike for the academy in Vienna, and from 1806 met regularly to discuss reform.