FDA-D.1697-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1697-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
The Mill at Potsdam
Title Type
Common name
Description
Painted landscape view of a body of water with a jetty in the foreground; a rowboat, figures, a windmill, cottage and vegetation in the middle ground
Comments
This is a view in Potsdam, near Berlin. At the time it was painted, Potsdam was the capital of the German province of Brandenburg. The mill depicted is the second of three to have been constructed on this site and was built between 1787 and 1791. Landscape, genre and marine painter Charles Hoguet was born and died in Berlin. The son of a French ballet master, he became a pupil of German landscape and marine painter Wilhelm Krause (1803–1864), before moving to Paris to join the studio of Eugène Cicéri (1813–1890). In 1841 he moved to England,
accompanying German landscape painter Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1868), but returned to Paris in the following year to study under Cicéri’s uncle, Eugène Isabey (1803–1886). From about 1849 until his death Hoguet lived in Berlin, where he became a member of the Berlin Academy from 1869.
accompanying German landscape painter Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1868), but returned to Paris in the following year to study under Cicéri’s uncle, Eugène Isabey (1803–1886). From about 1849 until his death Hoguet lived in Berlin, where he became a member of the Berlin Academy from 1869.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 225mm
width (actual size): 337mm
width (actual size): 337mm
Inscription
signed and dated lower right: 'C. Hoguet. 18.6'
Material
paper
watercolour
watercolour
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Hoguet, Charles, 1821 - 1870 (Artist)
Date
1846
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
