Goethe-Gallery

A Temple for Friendship

Artist:

MAXIMILIANE BRENTANO GEB. VON LA ROCHE, JOHANN GEORG HEYDER UND CHRISTIAN VON MECHEL

1792, oil on wood

The representation of the figures in a landscape is based on the English “conversation piece”, a type of friendship image, which here connects Maximiliane Brentano with the Frankfurt banker Heyder and the Basel engraver Mechel.