Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr
This print was made to commemorate Fohr, who had drowned while swimming in the Tiber in the presence of his friends Amsler and Barth, the authors of this work. Barth, after whose existing drawing of Fohr the print was made, had encouraged the twenty-two-year-old artist, a weaker swimmer than he, to join him in a dangerous part of the Roman river. The print was created to raise funds to erect a monument in the young artist's memory.
The print was one of the earliest nineteenth-century attempts to revive the engraving technique of the great sixteenth-century German printmaker Albrecht Dürer. Amsler and Barth even adopted Dürer-like monograms to sign their names in the lower left corner of the sheet.
The print was one of the earliest nineteenth-century attempts to revive the engraving technique of the great sixteenth-century German printmaker Albrecht Dürer. Amsler and Barth even adopted Dürer-like monograms to sign their names in the lower left corner of the sheet.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr
- Artist: Samuel Amsler (Swiss, Schinznach 1791–1849 Munich)
- Artist: After Carl Barth (German, 1787–1853)
- Sitter: Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr (German, Heidelberg 1795–1818 Rome)
- Date: 1818
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in. (21.7 x 15.9 cm)
Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 9/16 in. (15 × 11.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.1574
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Samuel Amsler
Samuel Amsler
1819
Samuel Amsler
1819
David Lucas
John Constable
1830
Mary Cassatt
Monsieur LeRoy
1890–91
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.