Attributed to Félix Boisselier (1776-1811)

A view in the Roman campagna

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Attributed to Félix Boisselier (1776-1811)
A view in the Roman campagna
with inscriptions 'Rome Villa medicis 1811' (twice, on the back of the canvas and on the stretcher)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
87/8 x 15¾ in. (223 x 402 mm.)

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Félix Boisselier won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1805, but as the stay in Rome was awarded only every two years, he had to win the prize again in 1806 to be able to go to Italy. He was still a pensionnaire at the Villa Medici in Rome at his death in 1811.

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