Live auction - Lot 252
[4 watercoloured views of the Acropolis].
C. 1863-1868
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
Drawing, watercolour, 18 x 25 cm, signed with pencil on lower left or with pen on lower right, 2 dated (1863 and 1868) (strong foxing on the view of Athens, some foxing on the others).
Under passepartout, glass and wooden frames.
1. Panoramic view of Athens and surroundings.-- 2. The Acropolis seen from the Areopagus.-- 3 & 4. Two views of the Parthenon. By Lanza (1822-1902) who accompanied, among others, the British diplomat Thomas Wyse during his travel in Greece in 1858.