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Lot 153: View of the Torre delle Milizie and the Convent of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli, Rome

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 03, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Jean Grandjean (Amsterdam 1755-1781 Rome) View of the Torre delle Milizie and the Convent of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli, Rome inscribed with numbers 1-3 and with a key 'een gezicht...ut het oosten (?) 1 monte cavallo 2 la prefectura 3 Tore detto di nerone' black lead, watercolour, pen and brown ink framing lines 10 x 18¾ in. (253 x 476 mm.)

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Notes

The tower at the centre of this view, more normally called the Torre delle Milizie, is here described as the Tore [sic] detto di Nerone from the popular story that Nero watched Rome burn from the top.

Auction Details

Old Master and 19th Century Drawings

by
Christie's
July 03, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK