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Roman Colums - Original Lithographs and Watercolors - Mid 19th Century

Mid 1800

Roman Fountains is a lot of two hand-watercolored lithographs realized by an Italian artist of the XIX century later watercolored, and representing the beautiful Trevi Fountain and t...

Genre Scenes is a nice set composed of six hand-watercolored lithographs realized by an Italian artist of the XIX century later watercolored, and representing with good technical ski...

Lecce is a lithograph on paper realized in the 19th Century. The artwork is represented in a well-balanced composition with strong strokes. Very good condition.

Collegio Romano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome. Signed and titled on ...

Piazza Colona Etching, 1752 From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Modern Rome) , (1747-1761) Volume II, The Main Squares and Obelisks, columns and other ornaments, 1752, Plate No. 22 Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna_ (1747-61), a collection of 238 plates that was published in ten volumes. Vasi recorded all types of architecture and organized these images of contemporary Rome by subject, with each volume representing a different category of architecture. This comprehensive project provides one of the most complete views of eighteenth-century Rome Signed in the plate lower left Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 8 1/4 x 12 11/16 inches Sheet size: 11 x 15 7/8 inches Vasi was Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s teacher. Piranesi (1720-1778) entered Vasi’s studio as an apprentice at age 20 c. 1740. Piranesi left Vasi’s employment after stabbing Vasi over the perception that Vasi was withholding secrets of the etching process. Giuseppe Vasi was an Italian engraver and painter born and trained in Sicily. He received a classical education in his hometown of Corleone and trained as a printmaker in nearby Palermo, perhaps under the tutelage of the etchers Antonino Bova and Francesco Cichè. He moved to Rome in 1736, already an established printmaker, and spent most of his career documenting the urban landscape of the city in engravings. Through his patron, the politically and culturally influential Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona, Vasi met other artists working in Rome, such as Sebastiano Conca, Ferdinando Fuga, and Luigi Vanvitelli. He was also influenced by his predecessors, including Giovanni Paolo Panini, Giovanni Battista Falda...

A charming late 19th Century watercolour view of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. A gondola drifts past in the foreground. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painti...

After William Turner's painting 'Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus' from 1839, etched by Arthur Willmore. This scene with the moon visible dung the day is ...

18th Century Roman School A Palazzo with antiques Brown ink and pen, brown ink wash on paper 12.5 x 20 cm Framed : 28,5 x 35.5 This nice drawing represents a genre scene, with a nobleman, priests, a mother and her children...