Angelo Campanella (1746-1811)

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Angelo Campanella (1746-1811)

The Drunkeness of Hercules; and Bacchus and Ariadne, both after Anton von Maron plates V and VII from Manifesto

engravings, with extensive watercolour and bodycolour, from the set of twelve, published by C. Buti, Rome, 1778-1802

with inventory number B55 in pen on the reverse

19¼ x 31¼in (48.9 x 79.8cm.); and another of a pompeiian fresco from the House of the Dioscuri, 14 1/8 x 13¼in. (36 x 33.7cm.) of a later date

three (3)

来源

Bought in Rome by either Jonas Langford Brooke in Rome, 1783/4, or Peter Langford Brooke, 1828-31

拍品专文

The central tablet in the fresco from the House of the Dioscuri, discovered in Pompeii in 1819, shows a scene from the Tojan wars as recounted in Homer's Iliad. Thetis having attempted to protect her son, concealed him in girl's clothes at the Court of Scyros. But Achilles reveals himself, when Odysseur disguised as a merchant offers him a chorle of jewels or arms. Achilles takes up the arms and is persuaded to join Agamenanon's army.

See also note to previous lot