Jakob Alt

(1789–1872) German painter (1789-1872)

Jakob Alt (1789–1872) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jakob Alt belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jakob Alt was born in Frankfurt and died in Vienna. Jakob Alt trained at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The students included Rudolf von Alt.

The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 11 works by Jakob Alt with free images. The dated works span the years 1817–1850. Works by Jakob Alt are held by several collections, among them Albertina, Wien, Art collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Dupré, Jules Robert Auguste, John Martin, Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, and Alexandre-François Caminade.

• Romanticism