View of Rome with the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument in the distance, at sunset

Details

ALBERT-PAUL-LOUIS BESNARD (PARIS 1849-1934)
View of Rome with the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument in the distance, at sunset
graphite and watercolour, on paper
9 x 5 ¾ in. (23 x 14.5 cm.)

Provenance

The artist's studio, Paris.
with Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris (with the Albert Besnard stamp, verso, L.5552, created by the Galerie Prouté circa 1960).
Matthew Rutenberg (1956-2019), New York (†); Swann Galleries, New York, 21 May 2020, lot 62.
with Stephen Ongpin, London.

Exhibited

Probably Paris, Galerie Paul Prouté, Dessins originaux anciens, Dessins originaux modernes - XIX^e et XX^e siècles, spring 1978, no. 281, as Vision. A la Villa Medicis, composition de ceil et d'ombre. Aquarelle. 145 x 230.

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Lot Essay

This atmospheric view of the rooftops of Rome was likely executed during his time as the director of the Académie de France, at the Villa Medici, from 1913 to 1921. The view appears to be taken from the villa, looking due south, towards the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, which features in the lower left of the composition.

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