Veduta generale del Foro o Piazza del Popolo presa dalla Passeggiata
| Reference: | S20171 |
| Author | Luigi ROSSINI |
| Year: | 1836 ca. |
| Zone: | Piazza del Popolo |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 360 x 250 mm |
| Reference: | S20171 |
| Author | Luigi ROSSINI |
| Year: | 1836 ca. |
| Zone: | Piazza del Popolo |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 360 x 250 mm |
Description
Etching, 1836/39, signed in plate at lower left Rossini Ar. dis. dal vero ed inc.
Plate from the rare series Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli, published in 1839 in 80 plates, dedicated to his friend Salvatore Betti.
The work is executed between 1836 and 1839, the year of its publication consisting of 80 plates, illustrates the journey from Rome to Naples along the Appian Way. The author wants to provide the traveler with an educated and intelligent guide to accompany him along the route of the post stations. The journey begins at Porta del Popolo and following the axis of Via del Corso, Piazza Venezia, Fori Imperiali and Colosseum, arriving at Porta San Giovanni and leaving the Appian Way in the direction of Albano.
Already by the mid-18th century, with the publication in 1745 in Naples of the Via Appia riscoperta e descritta da Roma a Brindisi by F. M. Pratili, the Via Appia had become an object of interest and research for scholars and artists. Rossini shows that he was familiar with and perhaps used some watercolor drawings, executed by Carlo Labruzzi in 1789, on behalf of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, which were intended to illustrate the journey he had decided to undertake influenced by reading Horace's "Satires" (30 B.C.) in which the author narrates the journey he made from Rome to Brindisi in the company of Maecenas and other of his friends
In the Spiegazione delle Tavole (Explanation of the plates), in addition to historical-artistic and archaeological news, information is included on the population and agricultural activities of the countryside and villages that come along the journey. The author's intention with this work is to be a user-friendly guide for the traveler during the various stages of the journey, which is why he resorts to the choice of the album format. With the Viaggio Pittoresco, the animation of the views is no longer just the representation of the Roman commoner, Pinelli-derived, but is the introduction for the first time, also of members of those social classes for which his works were intended. The choice of this new social setting will be one of the characteristics of the works of his later years.
The technique now reaching full maturity, reveals a fluency of sign and in the use of strongly accentuated chiaroscuro, Rossini reconfirms his vocation for clear and pleasing narrative.
Magnificent proof, printed on contemporary paper, with full margins, in excellent condition. Rare.
Bibliografia
Luigi Rossini incisore. Vedute di Roma 1817 – 1850, catalogo della mostra a cura di L. Gavazzi, M. E. Tittoni, Roma, Palazzo Braschi, 7 aprile – 15 luglio 1982.
Luigi ROSSINI (Ravenna 1790 - Roma 1875)
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After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, where he studied the engraver Francesco Rosaspina and the painter of decorations Antonio Basoli, in 1813 he won the prize of theRegno Italico for architecture, consisting of a board of three years in Rome at Palazzo Venezia, decisive for his artistic career. Here he realized that his attempts to act as architect failed, discovering instead the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and, through the work of the great Venetian engraver, he is part of the artistic tradition of engraved view. In 1817 Rossini publishes Frontespizio delle antichità di Roma divise in 40 vedute disegnate dal vero dall'architetto Luigi Rossini, that later reprint with the addition of new plates. In those years he also began working with Bartolomeo Pinelli, which will populate the views by Rossini with his distinctive characters. The fruitful relationship between the two artists will continue until the death of Pinelli took place in 1835. Between 1819 and 1823 he engraved, in 101 tables,Le Antichità Romane ossia raccolta delle più interessanti vedute di Roma antica, disegnate ed incise dall'architetto Luigi Rossini. Between 1824 and 1826 Rossini engraved the etchings Le Antichità dei contorni di Roma, and, two years later, publishes I monumenti più interessanti di Roma dal decimo secolo fìno al secolo decimottavo. In 1829 he returns to his favorite themes of antiquity etchings luce Le porte e le mura del recinto di Roma in 35 tavole. In 1837, Rossini was appointed member of theAcademy of Fine Arts of San Luca, which then become academic merit in 1843.
In 1839 he published Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli in 80 vedute, a sort of modern tourist guide. He died in Rome on 22 April 1875, after an illness that had forced him to bed paralyzed for five years.
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Luigi ROSSINI (Ravenna 1790 - Roma 1875)
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After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, where he studied the engraver Francesco Rosaspina and the painter of decorations Antonio Basoli, in 1813 he won the prize of theRegno Italico for architecture, consisting of a board of three years in Rome at Palazzo Venezia, decisive for his artistic career. Here he realized that his attempts to act as architect failed, discovering instead the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and, through the work of the great Venetian engraver, he is part of the artistic tradition of engraved view. In 1817 Rossini publishes Frontespizio delle antichità di Roma divise in 40 vedute disegnate dal vero dall'architetto Luigi Rossini, that later reprint with the addition of new plates. In those years he also began working with Bartolomeo Pinelli, which will populate the views by Rossini with his distinctive characters. The fruitful relationship between the two artists will continue until the death of Pinelli took place in 1835. Between 1819 and 1823 he engraved, in 101 tables,Le Antichità Romane ossia raccolta delle più interessanti vedute di Roma antica, disegnate ed incise dall'architetto Luigi Rossini. Between 1824 and 1826 Rossini engraved the etchings Le Antichità dei contorni di Roma, and, two years later, publishes I monumenti più interessanti di Roma dal decimo secolo fìno al secolo decimottavo. In 1829 he returns to his favorite themes of antiquity etchings luce Le porte e le mura del recinto di Roma in 35 tavole. In 1837, Rossini was appointed member of theAcademy of Fine Arts of San Luca, which then become academic merit in 1843.
In 1839 he published Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli in 80 vedute, a sort of modern tourist guide. He died in Rome on 22 April 1875, after an illness that had forced him to bed paralyzed for five years.
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