A View of the Monastery and Sanctuary of La Verna, Tuscany

Details

THÉODORE-CLAUDE-FÉLIX-CARUELLE D’ALIGNY (1798-1871)
A View of the Monastery and Sanctuary of La Verna, Tuscany
graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash, white chalk on paper
15 ¾ x 23 5⁄8 in. (40 x 59.9 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Hôtel de Ventes de Genève, Geneva, 10 March 2010, lot 1137.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2021, lot 152.
Acquired at the above sale.

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Lot Essay

Probably executed during Caruelle d’Aligny’s second stay in Italy in 1834, this large-scale drawing depicts the Sanctuary of La Verna in Tuscany, traditionally associated with Saint Francis of Assisi. Tuscan views are relatively uncommon within the artist’s œuvre, which was principally focused on the landscapes of Rome and Naples and their surrounding regions.

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