An Album of 29 Leaves with 28 Drawings by Senape of Naples: The Palazzo Reale; Chiaga; The Ponte della Maddalena; The Posilipo; The Lake Agnano; The Lakes Averno and Lucrino; The Temple of Venus, Baia; The Temple of Jupiter, Pezzuoli; Pezzuoli; The Arco Felice, Baia; Ischia; Castelmare; Castelmare with the Vesuvius; Naples seen from the Vesuvius; The House of Tasso, Sorrento; Sorrento; Amalfi; The Convent of the Cappucin, Amalfi; Cava; The Temple of Neptune, Paestum; Paestum; and Sicilia: The Stromboli; Catania and the Etna; The main Square in Catania; Palermo; Syracuse from the Amphitheatre; Messina; The Temple of Concord, Argrigenti; Argrigenti; and a drawing of Naples by another hand
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Antonio Senape (d.1842)
An Album of 29 Leaves with 28 Drawings by Senape of Naples: The Palazzo Reale; Chiaga; The Ponte della Maddalena; The Posilipo; The Lake Agnano; The Lakes Averno and Lucrino; The Temple of Venus, Baia; The Temple of Jupiter, Pezzuoli; Pezzuoli; The Arco Felice, Baia; Ischia; Castelmare; Castelmare with the Vesuvius; Naples seen from the Vesuvius; The House of Tasso, Sorrento; Sorrento; Amalfi; The Convent of the Cappucin, Amalfi; Cava; The Temple of Neptune, Paestum; Paestum; and Sicilia: The Stromboli; Catania and the Etna; The main Square in Catania; Palermo; Syracuse from the Amphitheatre; Messina; The Temple of Concord, Argrigenti; Argrigenti; and a drawing of Naples by another hand
each drawing inscribed on the mount with the tittle in English
black chalk, pen and grey and brown ink, bound in an English gilded tooled Morocco binding inscribed 'THE TWO SICILIES'
circa 164 x 303 mm.
An Album of 29 Leaves with 28 Drawings by Senape of Naples: The Palazzo Reale; Chiaga; The Ponte della Maddalena; The Posilipo; The Lake Agnano; The Lakes Averno and Lucrino; The Temple of Venus, Baia; The Temple of Jupiter, Pezzuoli; Pezzuoli; The Arco Felice, Baia; Ischia; Castelmare; Castelmare with the Vesuvius; Naples seen from the Vesuvius; The House of Tasso, Sorrento; Sorrento; Amalfi; The Convent of the Cappucin, Amalfi; Cava; The Temple of Neptune, Paestum; Paestum; and Sicilia: The Stromboli; Catania and the Etna; The main Square in Catania; Palermo; Syracuse from the Amphitheatre; Messina; The Temple of Concord, Argrigenti; Argrigenti; and a drawing of Naples by another hand
each drawing inscribed on the mount with the tittle in English
black chalk, pen and grey and brown ink, bound in an English gilded tooled Morocco binding inscribed 'THE TWO SICILIES'
circa 164 x 303 mm.
Provenance
Sir Richard Henry Charles Rycroft, third Baronet (1793-1864), his bookplate.
Sale room notice
The attribution should read 'Attributed to Antonio Senape (d. 1842)'.