Lot Essay
Versions of the second and fourth drawings are in the Fitzwilliam, A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Battista Busiri, Rome, 1966, nos. 218 and 207 respectively
The Property of a Gentleman
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1758)
Details
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1758)
The Walls of San Quirico d'Orcia; A Church at Pisa; A Monastery; and The Papal Palace at Viterbo
inscribed 'San quirico' (1), 'in Pisa' (2) and 'in Viterbo'(4); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark encircled paschal lamb below N (1 and 2)
172 x 228mm. (4)
The Walls of San Quirico d'Orcia; A Church at Pisa; A Monastery; and The Papal Palace at Viterbo
inscribed 'San quirico' (1), 'in Pisa' (2) and 'in Viterbo'(4); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark encircled paschal lamb below N (1 and 2)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Provenance
Bennet Langton, 1790