Tivoli with the Temple of Vesta, figures in the foreground
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Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835)
Tivoli with the Temple of Vesta, figures in the foreground
signed, dated and inscribed 'Veduta del Tempio della Sibbilla a Tivoli Pinelli fece 1811 in Roma L'autore abita in piazza di Giagna vicino il Caffe deglinglisi No 90-' (verso)
pencil, watercolor
20 x 28 in. (508 x 711 mm.)
Lot Essay
One of only a very few pure landscapes by Pinelli. In 1834 he published in London a set of 27 small views of Rome, accompanied by a frontispiece.