Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756-1827 Versailles)

A mountainous landscape with a waterfall near Terni, a fisherman in the foreground; and A mountainous landscape above Tivoli with a waterfall, Horace's country house in the foreground

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Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756-1827 Versailles)
A mountainous landscape with a waterfall near Terni, a fisherman in the foreground; and A mountainous landscape above Tivoli with a waterfall, Horace's country house in the foreground
signed, dated 'lf Cassas 1779.' (1 and 2) and inscribed 'Vüe d'une cascade dans les appenains du coté de Terni a 64 milles de Rome.' (1) and 'Vue des appinnins au dessus de Tivoli pres de la maison de Campagne d'horace' (2)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, watercolor in mounts drawn by the artist
19 7/8 x 15¾ in. (504 x 401 mm.) (2)

Lot Essay

These drawings are among the first made by Cassas in Italy, shortly after his arrival in Rome in August 1779. During his first sojourn in Italy, which lasted until 1783, Cassas made a number of other drawings of Terni and Tivoli, of which a group in black chalk are in an album in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in Tours (Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louis François Cassas, 1994, nos. 10-16, 18).

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