Lot Essay
The present watercolour was executed before Roberts travelled to Italy after drawings by Charles Lock Eastlake. This was a common practice amongst artists including J.M.W. Turner.
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St Peter's from the Janiculum Hill, Rome, Italy
Details
David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864)
St Peter's from the Janiculum Hill, Rome, Italy
signed and dated 'David Roberts 1840' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white
9 3/8 x 13¾ in. (23.8 x 34.9 cm.)
St Peter's from the Janiculum Hill, Rome, Italy
signed and dated 'David Roberts 1840' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white
9 3/8 x 13¾ in. (23.8 x 34.9 cm.)
Provenance
D.O. St Clair; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1969, lot 22.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 July 1987, lot 218.
with Spink, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 July 1987, lot 218.
with Spink, London.
Engraved
T. Higham for Italy, classical, historical and picturesque, Glasgow, 1847, opposite, p. 89.
Special notice
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