Lot Essay
A version of the third drawing is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Battista Busiri, Rome, 1966, no. 216
Details
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1757)
The Porta San Giovanni, Rome; the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Rome; the Porta Romana, Florence; and Pilgrims on a Path in a wooded Landscape
inscribed 'porta San Gioni' (1) and 'La porta romana di Fiorenza' (3); black chalk, pen and brown ink; fragmentary watermark A above encircled paschal lamb (1 and 3)
172 x 228mm. (4)
The Porta San Giovanni, Rome; the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Rome; the Porta Romana, Florence; and Pilgrims on a Path in a wooded Landscape
inscribed 'porta San Gioni' (1) and 'La porta romana di Fiorenza' (3); black chalk, pen and brown ink; fragmentary watermark A above encircled paschal lamb (1 and 3)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Provenance
Bennet Langton, 1790