Parte dell'Antica Via Appia
| Reference: | S39256 |
| Author | Richard de SAINT NON |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Measures: | 237 x 275 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | S39256 |
| Author | Richard de SAINT NON |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Measures: | 237 x 275 mm |
€500.00
Description
Etching, signed and date on plate, bottom right oval image “St Non Sc. 1756”; lettered on the lower left “Le Prince del.”.
After J. B. Le Prince.
Very good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, in excellent condition.
The plate is from a volume of etchings entitled 'Recueil de Griffonis, De Vues, Paysages, fragments antiques et sujets historiques, gravés tant à l'eau forte qu'au Lavis par M. l'abbé de Saint Non', Paris, ca. 1780.
Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)
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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.
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Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)
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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.
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