item name: Triumphal Arch at Susa - English Watercolor, 1816

item description: An English tourist's view of the Triumphal Arch at Susa, 1816. Watercolor applied with a brush, ink under-drawing. This watercolor records the Roman arch at Susa (ancient Segusium). Shelley visited the site on his entry to Italy and writes in a letter dated Milan, April 1818: "A ruined arch of magnificent proportions, in the Greek taste, standing in a kind of road of green lawn, overgrown with violets and primroses, and in the midst of stupendous mountains, and a blonde woman, of light and graceful manners, something in the style of Fuseli's Eve, were the first things we met in Italy". inscribed on the reverse: "Triumphal Arch at Susa erected to Augustus Caesar" and dated "August 14th 1816". Provenance: Rodgers Collection, U.K.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
8" H X 11" W
20.32cm H X 27.94cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
13" H X 16" W
33.02cm H X 40.64cm W

price: $1,800

item name: Studies of the Forum In The Italian School

item description: Italian School, c. 1650. Sepia ink on laid paper. a record of ruins on the Palatine and in the Forum. Studies of this type were often used as composition aids when the artist returned to his studio. Bottom edge made up with small strips of paper. continental watermark. Chalk drawing of ruins on the reverse. provenance: From a Pennsylvania estate

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
10" H X 16" W
25.4cm H X 40.6cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
18.5" H X 24" W
47cm H X 61cm W

price: $5,000

item name: St. Peter's Illuminated By Fireworks

item description: Gouache over etched outline. In the 18th century, great events and holidays were celebrated with an Illumination, where buildings and monuments were strung with fireworks and torches. This gouache shows the Basilica of St. Peter, the Piazza and Bernini’s Colonnade outlined with fireworks against the night sky. Painted as a Grand Tour souvenir for a French visitor to Rome. Inscribed “S. Pierre au vatican de nuit avec la luminade de fiaccole” in pen and ink on the reverse. Provenance: Phillip's, London.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
10" H X 16" W
25.4cm H X 40.6cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
16" H X 22.5" W
40.6cm H X 57.1cm W

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item name: A Mediterranean Port by Claude Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714 – 1789 Paris)

item description: Vernet was so well regarded for his coastal scenes that Louis Xv commissioned him to paint a series of views of the ports of France. He traveled from 1753 until 1762 to accomplish this project. The picturesque port is a common theme in Vernet's work. inscribed “Vernet” on the reverse in pencil. Marked “Claude Joseph Vernet” on the original mount. provenance: From a New York estate

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Drawing
9" H X 14.25" W
22.9cm H X 36.2cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
15" H X 21" W
38.1cm H X 53.3cm W

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