Lot Essay
These would seem to be part of a group of drawings of similar size and technique showing views in Italy
Details
Daniel Dupré (1751-1817)
A View of the Therms of Titus, Rome, the Colosseum and Monte Celio beyond
inscribed 'Ruïnes des Termes de Tite/2. Partie du Colissée a Rome./3. Fabrique de la poudre a Canon.' (verso); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, grey ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark device letters
261 x 372 mm.; and another by the same hand, inscribed 'près du Pont d'Auguste a Narni' (verso), 261 x 372 mm. (2)
A View of the Therms of Titus, Rome, the Colosseum and Monte Celio beyond
inscribed 'Ruïnes des Termes de Tite/2. Partie du Colissée a Rome./3. Fabrique de la poudre a Canon.' (verso); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, grey ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark device letters
261 x 372 mm.; and another by the same hand, inscribed 'près du Pont d'Auguste a Narni' (verso), 261 x 372 mm. (2)
Provenance
Anon.sale, P. Brandt Amsterdam, April 1954
Exhibited
(1) Utrecht, 1978, no. 37
(2) Arnhem, 1958, no. 37
(2) Arnhem, 1958, no. 37