Village de Mola, sur le bord de la mer, dans la Terre de Bari

Reference: S35250
Author Richard de SAINT NON
Year: 1783 ca.
Zone: Mola di Bari
Printed: Paris
Measures: 241 x 180 mm
€150.00

Reference: S35250
Author Richard de SAINT NON
Year: 1783 ca.
Zone: Mola di Bari
Printed: Paris
Measures: 241 x 180 mm
€150.00

Description

Veduta disegnata da Lousie Jean Desprez, compagno di viaggio e collaboratore dell'Abbé de Saint-Non, e incisa da H. Guttemberg. Tratta dal “Voyage Pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile", 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 SaintNon), corredati da un totale di 542 tavole all’acquaforte.

Esemplare tratto dalla seconda edizione del 1795 -98.

Acquaforte e bulino, 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.