Swiss painter, active in Italy. He was the nephew and student of Franz Kaisermann (1765-1833). He moved to Rome in 1830. There he painted Italian landscapes and ruins, and view paintings in both oil and watercolour of well-known sites in and around the capital. His paintings and those of his uncle were often sold to travelers on the grand tour.
Franz Knebel painted landscapes and view paintings in both oil and watercolour of well-known sites in and around Rome. The present picture depicts the Ponte Lucano, the point where the Via Tiburtina crosses the Aniene a few miles before Tivoli. Stretching across the banks of the Aniene River, the graceful five-arched bridge of Ponte Lucano connects past and present within a storied landscape. Dating from the 1st century B.C. and extending the ancient consular road of Via Tiburtina, Ponte Lucano served the road from Tivoli to Rome until the mid-20th century and remained in use for car traffic until just a few years ago.
