Luigi Rossini,
Italian 1790-1857-
Frontespizio... Lot 143
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Luigi Rossini,
Italian 1790-1857-
Frontespizio delle antichità romane; Rovina della gran Basilica di S. Paolo fueri le mura; and Veduta delle Mura di Roma, dalla parte interna della Città, vicino alla Porta Celimontana;
etchings on paper, the first signed 'Luig. Rossini inv. dis. et inc.' (within the plate, lower left), the second and third signed 'Rossini dis. e inc.' (within the plate, lower left), the first 42.1 x 67.1 cm., the second 46.7 x 64.9 cm., the third 42.2 x 65 cm., three (3) (one unframed).
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Rossini's romantic etchings of Roman architectural ruins were clearly heavily inspired by those of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).
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