Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Venice 1762-1844 Milan)
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Venice 1762-1844 Milan)
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Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Venice 1762-1844 Milan)

An architectural capriccio with arches and bridges (recto and verso)

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Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Venice 1762-1844 Milan)
An architectural capriccio with arches and bridges (recto and verso)
faintly signed ‘Bison f’ (lower right)
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, fragmentary watermark
6 ¼ x 7 ¾ in. (16 x 19.7 cm)
Provenance
From an album with drawings by Bison.
with Giancarlo Baroni, Florence, 1973 (this and the above according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
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Lot Essay


Besides his more finished gouaches showing Venetian views, landscapes and capricci, Bison made a large number of rapidly drawn architectural fantasies in pen and wash often featuring a prominent arch, as is the case here. In technique and style this sheet is particularly close to one in a private collection (A. Rizzi, Disegni del Bison, Bologna, 1976, no. 55, ill.).

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