Premiere Vue de la Ville er du Golfe de Tarente prise de la partie du Port appelle Mare Piccolo/ Seconde Vue du Port de Yare

Reference: s19341
Author Richard de SAINT NON
Year: 1783
Zone: Taranto
Printed: Paris
Measures: 240 x 180 mm
€280.00

Reference: s19341
Author Richard de SAINT NON
Year: 1783
Zone: Taranto
Printed: Paris
Measures: 240 x 180 mm
€280.00

Description

Coppia di vedute in un foglio, tratto dal “Voyage Pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile", opera in 5 volumi pubblicati annualmente dal 1781 al 1786.

Vastissima impresa tipografica, i libri dell'opera raccolgono appunti di un diario di viaggio (abilmente assemblati e rimontati, ma non sempre scritti di suo pugno da Saint-Non), corredati da un totale di 542 tavole all’acquaforte.

Tavola tratta dalla prima edizione del “Voyage Pittoresque” (1781/86), che riporta l'indicazione del privilegio del re di Francia.

Incisione in rame, leggere ossidazioni, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione.

Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)

Richard de Saint-Non was born in Paris in 1727. Due his noble birth, he was obliged by his family to take vows and become a deacon. Although he didn’t have a real vocation, he bought the position of clergy counsellor when he was 20. He was then obliged to leave Paris after a Papal Bull of Clemente XI and went into exile to Poitier. In this period (1752-59), Saint-Non trained himself to as engraver and drawer, driving inspiration from and trying out the latest techniques introduced by Jean Baptiste Le Prince. Once back in Paris, Sain-Non decided to leave his clergy counsellor position to devote himself to the study of Arts, travelling along Great Britain and Italy. During his trip to Rome, he met two already famous French painters, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert, with whom he travelled along Italy. Their friendship led to the cooperation for the ambitious project of depicting all the main monuments of Southern Italy and Sicily.

Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)

Richard de Saint-Non was born in Paris in 1727. Due his noble birth, he was obliged by his family to take vows and become a deacon. Although he didn’t have a real vocation, he bought the position of clergy counsellor when he was 20. He was then obliged to leave Paris after a Papal Bull of Clemente XI and went into exile to Poitier. In this period (1752-59), Saint-Non trained himself to as engraver and drawer, driving inspiration from and trying out the latest techniques introduced by Jean Baptiste Le Prince. Once back in Paris, Sain-Non decided to leave his clergy counsellor position to devote himself to the study of Arts, travelling along Great Britain and Italy. During his trip to Rome, he met two already famous French painters, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert, with whom he travelled along Italy. Their friendship led to the cooperation for the ambitious project of depicting all the main monuments of Southern Italy and Sicily.