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Jakob Alt

198 works

Jakob Alt left Frankfurt am Main, where he was born and first trained, and moved to Vienna to study at the Academy. Read more

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Watercolor of an artist's studio with an open window overlooking a town and hills, an easel and flowers in pots.

View from the Artist's Studio in Alservorstadt toward Dornbach, 1836

1836

Panoramic watercolor of a city skyline with spires, horse carts on a dirt road, and cattle grazing in green meadows.

View of Vienna from the Spinner on the Cross, 1817

1817

Painting of a sunlit Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a brick house, sailing ships and the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in th

View of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice

1834

Painting of a gothic cathedral tower above a cobblestone square with clergy, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna

1850

Monochrome watercolor of a verandah house in a garden with two figures and a dog, signed J. Alt 1841.

Schlösschen im Ladauyagarten

1841

Watercolor of a sunlit Romanesque cloister with twisted columns, a monk reading, and a garden courtyard beyond the arches.

View of the Cloister of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome

1836

Sepia lithograph of Strasbourg Cathedral's Gothic facade and spire with a market scene and figures in the square.

Der Münster in Straßburg

1847

Hand-colored lithograph of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna with its tall spire, carriages and crowds in the square.

Die St. Stephans - Domkirche in Wien

1852

Sepia lithograph of Graz with a hilltop fortress, church tower, wooden bridge over the river, and figures on the riverbank.

Gratz

1850

Hand-coloured panoramic print of Vienna's skyline seen across tree-lined gardens, with carriages and pedestrians in the foreg

"Vue de la Ville de Vienne du cote du palais imperiale'

1825

Hand-colored panoramic print of Vienna seen from the imperial palace, with gardens, carriages, pedestrians and church spires.

Vue de la Ville de Vienne du cote du palais imperiale

1821

Hand-colored panoramic print of Vienna with wagons on a dirt road, a shepherd and flock, and a tall tree in the foreground.

Vue generale de la Ville de Vienne

1820

Engraved panoramic view of Vienna with church spires, a horse-drawn wagon, a shepherd and flock, and a large tree in the fore

Vue generale de la Ville de Vienne

1818

Pencil sketch of a country house with an arched balcony, trees, and small figures resting on a grassy hill.

12., Tivoli

1830

Etching of a hilltop castle above a riverbank with a moored wooden boat, a boatman, riders and a village steeple.

19., Leopoldsberg, mit der alten Burg - Blick vom Donauufer beim Kahlenbergerdorf

1826

Pencil drawing of a town with a Gothic church and spire, houses and trees, and a ruined tower on a hill at left.

Ansicht von Mödling mit der Pfarrkirche St. Othmar

1838

Pencil sketch of a hilltop estate above dense trees, with a stone statue and wooden fence in the foreground.

Ansicht von Rodaun

1820

Pencil and wash drawing of the Leopoldsberg hill with a chapel on top, a church tower, a bridge and a carriage below.

Blick auf den Leopoldsberg

1830

Pencil drawing of a two-storey pavilion with a cupola among trees beside a still lake.

Das Lusthaus im Prater

1822

Pen and ink drawing of a river town with wooded hills, a hilltop building, and a rowing boat on the water.

Der Kahlenberg, Leopoldsberg und Klosterneuburg

1827

Pencil drawing of a rocky gorge with trees, cliffs, a winding road and a church spire in the distance.

Die Klausen bei Mödling

1820

Black-and-white print of a courtyard with a stone basin, two seated men, a long building, and trees beyond.

Donau-Ansichten: Baden. Angebliche Quelle der Donau, im Schlosshof Donaueschingen

1826

Print of Festung Wildenstein on a cliff above a wooded gorge, with two women resting in the foreground.

Donau-Ansichten: Baden. Festung Wildenstein

1826

Print of a town skyline with church towers across a meadow, with a man, a boy and a team of horses in the foreground.

Donau-Ansichten: Baden. Stadt Donaueschingen

1826

Print of a river confluence with a white colonnaded building on the far bank, a seated woman and shrubs in the foreground.

Donau-Ansichten: Baden. Vereinigung des Donaubaches mit der Brege bei Donaueschingen

1826

Lithograph of a monastery with a church tower beside a river, rocky cliffs on the left, and a seated man in the foreground.

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Benediktinerkloster Weltenburg

1826

Lithograph of Oberaltaich abbey with twin towers across a meadow, a farmer, child and cow in the foreground, and hills behind

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Benediktinerstift Oberaltaich

1826

Lithograph of a river landscape with a rocky cliff, stone lion monuments, a rider on horseback, and a distant town.

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Denkmal bei Abach

1826

Lithograph of a rocky cliff above a river, with a rider on horseback and a figure on foot near the base, and wooded hills beh

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Der hohle Stein bei Wipfelfurth

1826

Lithograph of castle ruins on a hill above a river, with a rowing boat in the foreground and wooded banks.

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Die Ruinen des Schlosses Hildgardsberg

1826

Black and white lithograph of a river below wooded cliffs, with a tower and stone wall and three figures walking on the shore

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Einsiedelei bei Kelheim

1826

Lithograph of three people in a rowing boat on a river beside tall limestone cliffs and wooded banks under a cloudy sky.

Donau-Ansichten: Bayern. Kalkfelsen bei Weltenburg genannt die lange Wand

1826

Jakob Alt left Frankfurt am Main, where he was born and first trained, and moved to Vienna to study at the Academy. He painted landscapes on trips through Austria and Italy, with many views along the Danube and in Vienna itself. From 1830 he and his eldest son Rudolf von Alt painted about 170 of the 300 views of the Empire made for the future Emperor Ferdinand I. Browse 198 works by Jakob Alt from 6 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia