ID 793516
Lot 25 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI (ROME 1754-1821 ATHENS)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A panoramic view of Rome from the Aventine Hill towards the South
graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour, watermark beehive in a shield, with letters ‘J HONIG/ &/ ZOONEN’
55.5 x 97 cm (22 x 38 1⁄4 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. 8, ill. (catalogue by A. Weston-Lewis).
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1755 - 1821) |
|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Chalk, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Paper, Stone |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |






