Lot Essay
Originally from a sketchbook containing academic studies, but also with a few landscapes, all dating from shortly after 1823 when Dumont won the Prix de Rome for sculpture.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (Paris 1801-1884)
View of Porta San Giovanni in Rome
Details
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (Paris 1801-1884)
View of Porta San Giovanni in Rome
inscribed and dated 'porta S Giovanni / Roma / 22 Marzo 1824'
graphite
11 x 16 5/8 in. (27.7 x 42.2 cm.); and Roman ruins with the pyramid of Caius Cestius, by Carlo Bonavia
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View of Porta San Giovanni in Rome
inscribed and dated 'porta S Giovanni / Roma / 22 Marzo 1824'
graphite
11 x 16 5/8 in. (27.7 x 42.2 cm.); and Roman ruins with the pyramid of Caius Cestius, by Carlo Bonavia
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Provenance
with W.R. Jeudwine and Y. French, London, (cat. Four Centuries of Italian Landscape, 1961, no. 46).
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Alpine Club, Four centuries of Italian Landscape, May-June 1961, no. 46.
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