G. COTTAFAVI (19th), Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, 1832, Etching Gaetano Cottafavi (19th century): Resting company at the Roman temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Lazio, 1832, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "G. Cottafavi dis e incise". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Altra parte del Tempio d. della Sibilla a Tivoli". Lower right dated: "Roma 1832". Date: 1832 Description: Charming close-up view of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli. A travelling artist or gentleman stands in a picturesque pose in the portal. A rustic company is camped in front of the round temple. On the left, a washing line with fresh laundry stretches in front of a cottage attached directly to the temple. Keywords: Tivoli, Latium, antiquity, round temple, Roman Empire, order of columns, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Size: Paper: 29,5 cm x 37,9 cm (11,6 x 14,9 in), Plate: 20,7 cm x 26,9 cm (8,1 x 10,6 in), Depiction: 17,8 cm x 24,7 cm (7 x 9,7 in)

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Illegibly signed - 19th century, "Piazza Bocca della Veritá", oil/canvas, square in front of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin with fountain, round temple of Hercules Invictus, so-called vesta temple and staffage of people and animals, illegibly signed lower left, stained, craquelure, traces of age, wavy canvas, approx. 34.5x50cm, frame, approx. 47.5x63cm

Lot 353

Starting price 1400 EUR

G. WALLIS (1761-1847), Tivoli with the Temple of Vesta, around 1800, Pencil George Augustus Wallis (1761 Merton (London) - 1847 Florence): View of Tivoli with the Temple of Vesta, c. 1800, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Verso numbered: "Tivoli 2". Date: c. 1800 Description: George Augustus Wallis, during his lifetime a highly celebrated painter of classicism and today unjustly forgotten in art history, shows in this view of Tivoli precisely the break between classicism and romanticism. Whereas previously the emphasis had been on documenting the monumentality and elegance of antiquity in his paintings, in the Romantic period nature increasingly took centre stage. Wallis illustrates this process in his sheet when he allows Tivoli to grow almost imperceptibly out of the tree-covered hills, so that it does not catch the eye at first glance. Nature and the view of the landscape form the centre of interest and displace antiquity in favour of a new self-image. | Watermark: Crown Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Verso: another pencil drawing: rock formation in the mountains Keywords: Tivoli, temple, Vesta, southern landscape, houses, Italy, deciduous forest, trees, slope, hill, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Size: Paper: 27,9 cm x 40,7 cm (11 x 16 in)

Lot 414

Starting price 400 EUR

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Tivoli with temple of Vesta, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: The waterfalls at Tivoli View of the waterfall, gorges and up to the Vesta temple from the opposite side, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: At the lower part inscribed on the support: "Italien: Die Wasserfälle bei Tivoli". Date: c. 1880 Description: Tivoli was already famous in ancient times due to its spectacular location and dramatic waterfalls and was a magical attraction for artists. Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled to Italy. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. Famous photographers such as Carlo Naya, Giorgio Sommer and the Alinari brothers photographed the most famous sights in their home cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. "Fratelli Alinari" in Florence are the oldest surviving photographic company in the world: founded in 1852, a good two decades after the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in capturing an image on a tin plate. The Alinari brothers were Romualdo (1830-1891), Leopoldo (1832-1865) and Guiseppe (1836-1892). Leopoldo began taking photographs during the daguerreotype period and worked for the lithographer Guiseppe Bardi, with whom he founded a joint photographic studio in 1850. In 1854, Leopoldo bought Bardi's shares and, together with his brothers, founded the Fratelli Alinari studio. It became one of the most important Italian studios of the 19th century and later one of the largest photographic archives in the world, which still exists today. Keywords: Italy view, travel photography, architectural photography, documentary photography, documentation, photo album, Tivoli, Lazio, Temple of Vesta, round temple, waterfalls, 19th century, Historicism, Nature, Italy, Size: Cardboard: 36,8 cm x 30,8 cm (14,5 x 12,1 in), Depiction: 24,9 cm x 19,5 cm (9,8 x 7,7 in)

Lot 123

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Roman painter of the 18th century Glimpse of Tivoli from the river Aniene with the temple of Vesta Oil on canvas, cm. 214x145 (some defects to the canvas)

Roman painter of the 18th century Glimpse of Tivoli from the river Aniene with the temple of Vesta Oil on canvas, cm. 214x145 (some defects to the canvas)

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