Lot Essay
The use of both French and Dutch (‘asachtigh’, meaning ash grey) in the colour notes on the verso of the first drawing suggests the draughtsman was a Fleming.
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An Italian villa in a landscape (i); and Roman ruins (ii)
Details
Circle of Gaspard Dughet, called Gaspard Poussin (Rome 1615-1675)
An Italian villa in a landscape (i); and Roman ruins (ii)
inscribed ‘1/ 2/ 3/ 4’ (recto) and ‘1 jounastre/ 2 vert/ 3 vert brun/ 4 asaihtigh’ (verso) and with inscription ‘C.L. Tasa 2 Rs’ (on the old mount) (i) and ‘C.L. [and further inscription cut]’ (on the old mount) (ii)
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on blue prepared paper
8 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (21.2 x 27.4 cm) (i); 8 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (21.1 x 27.6 cm) (ii)
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An Italian villa in a landscape (i); and Roman ruins (ii)
inscribed ‘1/ 2/ 3/ 4’ (recto) and ‘1 jounastre/ 2 vert/ 3 vert brun/ 4 asaihtigh’ (verso) and with inscription ‘C.L. Tasa 2 Rs’ (on the old mount) (i) and ‘C.L. [and further inscription cut]’ (on the old mount) (ii)
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on blue prepared paper
8 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (21.2 x 27.4 cm) (i); 8 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (21.1 x 27.6 cm) (ii)
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Provenance
Unidentified Spanish collector's mark or Maria Paternò Castello, Marchesa Ricci (1847?-1915?) (L. 5081).
Anonymous sale; Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 6 June 1978, lot 167, where acquired by Robert Landolt
Anonymous sale; Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 6 June 1978, lot 167, where acquired by Robert Landolt
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Please note that a similar inscription by the same hand appears on the mount of a drawing of unknown location by Claude Lorrain (M. Roethlisberger, ‘Drawings by Claude Lorrain: The Past Fifty Years’, Master Drawings, LVI, no. 4, Winter, 2018, p. 498, fig. 21).
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The use of both French and Dutch (‘asachtigh’, meaning ash grey) in the colour notes on the verso of the first drawing suggests the draughtsman was a Fleming.