Study of a Woman Seated on a Horse
Technique: Giclée quality print
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Welcome to our online gallery where we celebrate the evocative simplicity of Julius Caesar Ibbetson's "Study of a Woman Seated on a Horse." This delicate sketch, executed primarily in ink, captures the gentle posture of a woman dressed in period attire as she sits gracefully atop a horse. The artist's loose, confident brushstrokes suggest the movement and texture of the woman's long, flowing gown and the subtle details of her hat, which shade her contemplative features.Ibbetson, known for his landscape and genre paintings, here focuses on the figure with an intimacy that draws viewers into a quiet, pastoral moment. The economy of detail in this study does not detract from its completeness but rather invites us to fill in the narrative with our imagination. This piece reflects Ibbetson's skill in capturing both the human form and the essence of serene rural life, making it a wonderful example of 18th-century British art.
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Julius Sergius von Klever was a Baltic German landscape painter.
His father was a chemist who taught pharmacology at the Veterinary Institute. He displayed artistic talent at an early age and took lessons from Konstantin von Kügelgen. After completing his primary education, was enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts where, at his father's insistence, he studied architecture. After a short time, however, he began to take landscape painting classes; first with Sokrat Vorobiev, then Mikhail Clodt.