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Lot Essay
This drawing of Diocletian's palace was executed by Cassas based on the sketches he made during his trip to Dalmatia (in what is now Croatia) in 1782, many of which are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne (U. Westfehling, Louis-François Cassas, exhib. cat., Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts and elsewhere, 1994, nos. 38-52). All the other views of Diocletian's palace show the building from the Punta San Stefano, while the present sheet shows the building from the other end, towards the port. The octagonal building is the mausoleum of Diocletian, and the Romanesque tower is part of Split Cathedral.
The present drawing relates to the Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie published in 1802 by Joseph Lavallée with prints after Cassas (with an English edition in 1805 and a German one in 1820).
The drawing was executed in 1783 probably on Cassas' return to Paris in the summer of that year. On leaving Dalmatia late in 1782, Cassas travelled to Sicily for six months to draw views for Saint-Non's Voyage pittoresque à Naples et en Sicile.
The present drawing relates to the Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie published in 1802 by Joseph Lavallée with prints after Cassas (with an English edition in 1805 and a German one in 1820).
The drawing was executed in 1783 probably on Cassas' return to Paris in the summer of that year. On leaving Dalmatia late in 1782, Cassas travelled to Sicily for six months to draw views for Saint-Non's Voyage pittoresque à Naples et en Sicile.