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Lot 213: LUDOVICO AURELI 1816-1865

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USNovember 30, 2005

Item Overview

Description

PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE HOLY LAND WITH ALL THE ANCIENT TOWNS OF ISRAEL

measurements
19 by 27 3/4 in.

alternate measurements
48.3 by 70.5 cm.

signed

pencil and watercolour on vellum, with old wax seal

NOTE

Executed circa 1840-50, this hand drawn panorama of the Holy Land has renderings of each of the cities numbered and described below in different languages. Benezit records that Aureli, an Italian artist who resided in Bologna, had the title of Professor of Ornamental drawing at the Bologna Academy.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Important Judaica

by
Sotheby's
November 30, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US