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Giovanni Battista Lusieri

( Italian, 1755 - 1821 fl.1781-1821)

An extensive panorama of Rome from the gardens of the Villa Mellini on Monte Mario

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LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black chalk, pen and grey ink, watercolour, watermark beehive in a shield and proprietary

Measurements:

22.56 in. (57.30 cm.) (height) by 38.11 in. (96.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Tito Lusier 1779' and with inscription 'VUE DE ROME prise de la villa Milini sur le Mont Mario'

Literature:

A. Ottani Cavina et al., Paysages d'Italie, les peintres du plein air, exhib. cat., Paris, Grand Palais, and Mantua, Palazzo Te, 2001, p. 72, under no. 45. F. Spirito, Lusieri, Naples, 2003, no. 6, and pp. 15-16.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1986, lot 545.

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