St John Lateran and the Claudian Aqueduct, Rome, Italy

Details

Edward Lear (1812-1888)
St John Lateran and the Claudian Aqueduct, Rome, Italy
signed with monogram (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white
4 x 8 in. (10 x 20.5 cm.)

Provenance

Lady Peyton.
The Hon. Dorothy Gibbs and then by descent in the family.

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Lot Essay

There is an oil sketch of the same subject painted circa 1839-40, see Lady Strachey, The Letters of Edward Lear, 1907, London, p. 341.

St John in Lateran is considered to be the oldest church in the world. It was founded by Pope Melchiade at the start of the 4th Century on the ruins of the villa of the Roman family, the Laterani.

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