Rome - St. Peters and the Vatican Palace from the West
| Reference: | A54227 |
| Author | Bartolomeo PINELLI |
| Year: | 1833 |
| Zone: | San Pietro |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 105 x 145 mm |
€100.00
| Reference: | A54227 |
| Author | Bartolomeo PINELLI |
| Year: | 1833 |
| Zone: | San Pietro |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 105 x 145 mm |
€100.00
Description
The view shows St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Palaces from the west. The majestic dome emerges in the background behind the façade and structure of the palace, framed in the right foreground by a naturalistic composition of large trees. The engraver's signature (Pinelli f. or Pinelli fecit) appears at the bottom of the panel, followed by the formal title of the work in English and the typographical notes of the London publisher W.B. Cooke.
The view was originally created in Rome in 1827 and later published in London by W.B. Cooke, as part of the collection Views in Rome.
Etching, in excellent condition.
Bartolomeo PINELLI (Roma, 1781 - Rome, 1835)
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Italian printmaker, painter, sculptor and draughtsman. He learnt the rudiments of sculpture from his father, a maker of cheap religious statuettes. This early training encouraged Pinelli to emphasize plasticity and expression over the Neo-classical values prevalent in Rome. Although only a few of his terracotta figures survive however, he did produce a volume of etchings, Gruppi pittoreschi (Rome, 1834), depicting rustic groups. Its emphasis on naturalism and everyday subject-matter is also characteristic of his sculptures. Although he studied both at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, helped financially by Conte Lambertini, Pope Benedict XIV’s nephew, Pinelli was not interested in pursuing the traditional path to artistic success via religious or history painting. On returning to Rome in the late 1790s he chose to peddle his works at the cafés frequented by tourists.
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Bartolomeo PINELLI (Roma, 1781 - Rome, 1835)
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Italian printmaker, painter, sculptor and draughtsman. He learnt the rudiments of sculpture from his father, a maker of cheap religious statuettes. This early training encouraged Pinelli to emphasize plasticity and expression over the Neo-classical values prevalent in Rome. Although only a few of his terracotta figures survive however, he did produce a volume of etchings, Gruppi pittoreschi (Rome, 1834), depicting rustic groups. Its emphasis on naturalism and everyday subject-matter is also characteristic of his sculptures. Although he studied both at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, helped financially by Conte Lambertini, Pope Benedict XIV’s nephew, Pinelli was not interested in pursuing the traditional path to artistic success via religious or history painting. On returning to Rome in the late 1790s he chose to peddle his works at the cafés frequented by tourists.
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