GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI (ROME 1754-1821 ATHENS)

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04.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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ID 991604
Lot 47 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI (ROME 1754-1821 ATHENS)
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUSIERI (ROME 1754-1821 ATHENS)

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).
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