Johann Christoph Storer. Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan. 1650. Germany. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold Dorothy Edinburg’s German drawings demonstrate the long tradition of Northern artists working in Italy, from the late 15th century, with Albrecht Dürer’s discoveries, to the 19th century, when many German Romantics moved to Rome permanently. Another entry to this tradition, Johann Christophorus Storer was a le
Johann Christoph Storer. Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan. 1650. Germany. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold Dorothy Edinburg’s German drawings demonstrate the long tradition of Northern artists working in Italy, from the late 15th century, with Albrecht Dürer’s discoveries, to the 19th century, when many German Romantics moved to Rome permanently. Another entry to this tradition, Johann Christophorus Storer was a leading artist in Lombardy in the mid-17th century when he executed this drawing of the coronation of Otto the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962–73), who brought Italy and Burgundy under German control.
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