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Arch of Septimus Severus/Piazza Monte Magnanapoli

Creator: Victor-Jean Nicolle
Offered by: L' Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, Inc.

Description
The Piazza Monte Magnanapoli in Rome
Inscribed by the artist in black ink on the lower center of recto of the mount of the third: Vue de la petite place de Monte Magnanapoli, a Rome

The Arch of Septimus Severus in Rome
Inscribed by the artist in black ink on the lower center of recto of the mount of the second: Vue de l'Arc de Septime Severe, situe au pied du Capitole a Rome

This small-scaled, round watercolor is representative of Nicolle’s work for the tourist trade, who craved easily transportable souvenirs of the Eternal City. Nicolle has laid this view of Rome, which is painstakingly drawn with pen and ink and finished with watercolor, on a mount with gold strips and colored wash framing lines, and then inscribed in French with black ink with the location of the site he depicted.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Notes:	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see J. Bean, 15th-18th Century French Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, pp. 192-3, nos. 213 and 214).
Origin:	France
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Black and brown ink and watercolor over prelimiary indications in graphite and black chalk on cream laid paper, double border in brown ink; original mount
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1754-1826
Styles / Movements:	Old Master, Other
Catalog References:	Literature: L’Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, The Aesthetic Pursuit: Form, Figure, Fantasy and the Pastoral Idea, New York, 1998, no. 68 b.
Incollect Reference #:	305309

Dimensions

Diam.	2.89 in;
Diam.	7.34 cm;

Message from Seller:

The gallery deals in European works of art, antiques and paintings from antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century. Under Mrs. Fioratti's direction, the gallery has continued to supply works of art to museums across America and Europe. She has designed interiors in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Mrs. Fioratti has worked on architectural restorations, and restored a 10th century village near Siena.