Veduta della Villa Albani presa dalla Villa Patrizi Porta Pia Roma
| Reference: | S43576 |
| Author | François MOREL |
| Year: | 1785 |
| Zone: | Villa Albani |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 477 x 344 mm |
| Reference: | S43576 |
| Author | François MOREL |
| Year: | 1785 |
| Zone: | Villa Albani |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 477 x 344 mm |
Description
Landscape in Rome, with, in the background, the villa Albani; in the foreground, two women sitting at the bottom of a tree, and two boys trying to ride a goat; after Jacob P. Hackert.
Etching, 1785, first published 'A Rome chez George Hackert Graveur Place d'Espagne', title, and dedication to Prince Yusupov. Published in 1785 as a pair with the 'Vue de l'Eglise de St Jean Lateran ... à Rome'. Reviewed in the 'Giornale delle belle arti' August 1785, no.33, p.264.
A second state without date, signature and dedication.
François Morel or Francesco Morelli (ca. 1768 – ca. 1840) was a French-Italian painter and engraver. He was active in Naples and known as a painter or engraver of Pompeian subjects. He was born in the Franche-Comté, and then traveled to Rome, where was a pupil of Francesco Volpato. He completed a series of engravings depicting the so-called Villa of Horace in Licenza with Hackert and Luigi Sabatelli.
A fine impression on contemporay wove paper, with full margins, good condition. Rare.
François MOREL (ca. 1768 – ca. 1840)
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François Morel or Francesco Morelli was a French-Italian painter and engraver. He was active in Naples and known as a painter or engraver of Pompeian subjects. He was born in the Franche-Comté, and then traveled to Rome, where was a pupil of Francesco Volpato. He completed a series of engravings depicting the so-called Villa of Horace in Licenza with Hackert and Luigi Sabatelli
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François MOREL (ca. 1768 – ca. 1840)
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François Morel or Francesco Morelli was a French-Italian painter and engraver. He was active in Naples and known as a painter or engraver of Pompeian subjects. He was born in the Franche-Comté, and then traveled to Rome, where was a pupil of Francesco Volpato. He completed a series of engravings depicting the so-called Villa of Horace in Licenza with Hackert and Luigi Sabatelli
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