Abraham-Louis-Joseph Ducros (Moudon 1748-1810 Lausanne)

View of the Ariccia valley

Details

Abraham-Louis-Joseph Ducros (Moudon 1748-1810 Lausanne)
View of the Ariccia valley
signed and dated 'DuCros Romae 1784.' (on the mount)
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour, on the artist's original mount
18¾ x 27 in. (47.6 x 68.5 cm.)

Provenance

Mr and Mrs H.B. Milling.
Mouse Spooner, London.

Literature

Exhib. cat. Images of the Grand Tour. Louis Ducros 1748-1810, Kenwood, The Iveagh Bequest and other locations, 1985-6, p. 60, under no. 29, ill.
Exhib. cat. The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours at the Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, The Courtauld Institute Gallery and other locations, 2005-6, pp. 9-10.

Exhibited

Leeds, City Art Gallery, 1958, no. 34, pl. 9.
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, 1968, no. 33, pl. 4 (as belonging to Mouse Spooner).

Engraved

with differences by the artist and Raffaele Morghen circa 1784-6

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Lot Essay

Ariccia, a small town in the Colli Albani, was visited by travellers on the Grand Tour on their way to Lakes Albano and Nemi. The landmark for which the town was most famous was the church of the Assunta built by Bernini whose dome can be seen in the distance in the present drawing.

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