ID 793446
Lot 27 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI (ROME 1754-1821 ATHENS)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A view of the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla
graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour
50.9 x 65.7 cm (20 x 26 in.)
Provenance
Philip Yorke, later 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834), commissioned from the artist around 1778-1779; thence by descent at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, Expanding Horizons. Giovanni Battista Lusieri and the Panoramic Landscape, 2012, no. 3, ill. (catalogue by A. Weston-Lewis).
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755 - 1821) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Paper, Stone |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755 - 1821) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Paper, Stone |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Address of auction |
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