The garden of the Villa Aldini at Montmorency, with Ariosto's tomb seen across a lake

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Felice Giani (San Sebastiano Curone 1758-1823 Rome)
The garden of the Villa Aldini at Montmorency, with Ariosto's tomb seen across a lake
inscribed 'Lago dalla villa di Monmoransi di S E Aldini, con la tomba di Ariosto', numbered '12', and with inscription 'Gianni' and numbering '2'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, minor ink gall damages
19 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (486 x 689 mm.)

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Lot Essay

A drawing of the lake at Montmorency with the tombs of Voltaire and Rousseau is in the Museo Napoleonico, Rome, A. Ottani Cavina, op. cit., fig. 758. The arrangement of the structures around the lake in the present drawing is strongly reminiscent of parks designed in England at about this period, most notably Stourhead in Wiltshire.

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