Lot Essay
Dated by Giuliano Briganti after 1702, when Vanvitelli moved from Naples to Rome.
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A fortified village on an isthmus
Details
Gaspar van Wittel, called Gaspare Vanvitelli (1653-1736)
A fortified village on an isthmus
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, watermark twice encircled fleur-de-lys
281 x 428 mm.
A fortified village on an isthmus
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, watermark twice encircled fleur-de-lys
281 x 428 mm.
Provenance
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi.
Vincenzo Pacetti.
E. Fatio, his mark (not in Lugt); N. Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, lot 384.
with Thos. Agnew & Sons.
Vincenzo Pacetti.
E. Fatio, his mark (not in Lugt); N. Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, lot 384.
with Thos. Agnew & Sons.
Literature
G. Briganti, Gaspar Van Wittel e l'origine della veduta settecentesca, Rome, 1966, p. 273, no. 16d.
G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan, 1996, no. D124.
G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan, 1996, no. D124.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.