Lot Essay
A version of the first drawing is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A. Busiri Vici, Giovanni Battista Busiri, Rome, 1966, no. 213.
Details
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1757)
Three Views of Torri near Siena; and A River Landscape with a Fisherman
inscribed 'torri fori di Siena' (1), 'a torii fori di Siena' (2), 'a tori fori di Siena' (3); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark N below encircled paschal lamb (3 and 4)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Three Views of Torri near Siena; and A River Landscape with a Fisherman
inscribed 'torri fori di Siena' (1), 'a torii fori di Siena' (2), 'a tori fori di Siena' (3); black chalk, pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark N below encircled paschal lamb (3 and 4)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Provenance
Bennet Langton, 1790.