Ventes live - Lot 573
[Italy - Sicily]
View of Catania.
18th c
Prix de marteau: €
380
€ 300 / 400
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Description du lot
Drawing, pen, black ink and grey wash, on laid paper, 13,5 x 24,3 cm, unsigned (brown spots).
Finely executed view of the "Piazza del Duomo" with the "Fontana dell'Elefante". This fountain, made between 1735-1738 by the architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini, consists of a Roman elephant made of black lava rock who carries a granite obelisk. The presence of Berlin carriages and the type of man's clothing indicate that the anonymous drawing was made in the 2nd half of the 18th c.