About the Work
In the spring of 1870, Ludwig Metz evidently took the sketchbook with him to Greece and Italy, to Aegina, Rome, Civita Castellana and Tivoli. With the pencil, he mainly captured landscape motifs, mostly with ancient ruins, of which he made drawings from multiple perspectives. He seems to have been more interested in the relationship between landscape and architecture than in structural details. Frequently, he noted the date and (usually difficult to read) also the place beneath the drawing; he often left the back of the used pages blank. ‒ This sketchbook comes with loose pages from another of Ludwig Metz’s sketchbooks.
For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.