Lot Essay
A variant of the second drawing is in the British Museum, A. Busuri Vici, Giovanni Battista Busiri, Rome, 1966, no. 123
THE PROPERTY OF MEMBERS OF A FAMILY
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1757)
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Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1757)
The Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome; The Ponte Molle; Pyramid of Cestius; and An upland Landscape in the Campagna
with inscriptions 'Ponte di St. Angelo' (1), 'Ponte Mola' (2) and 'Tomb of C. Cestius' (3) (versi); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermarks encircled paschal lamb above N (1 and 4)
172 x 228mm. (4)
The Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome; The Ponte Molle; Pyramid of Cestius; and An upland Landscape in the Campagna
with inscriptions 'Ponte di St. Angelo' (1), 'Ponte Mola' (2) and 'Tomb of C. Cestius' (3) (versi); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermarks encircled paschal lamb above N (1 and 4)
172 x 228mm. (4)