Monte Circello
| Reference: | CO-788 |
| Author | Ellis Cornelia KNIGHT |
| Year: | 1805 |
| Zone: | Monte Circeo |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 185 x 135 mm |
€200.00
| Reference: | CO-788 |
| Author | Ellis Cornelia KNIGHT |
| Year: | 1805 |
| Zone: | Monte Circeo |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 185 x 135 mm |
€200.00
Description
Veduta del Monte Circeo; sullo sfondo si intravede Terracina con il Monte Giove.
Acquaforte, 1805, impressa su carta vergata coeva, in ottimo stato di conservazione.
La veduta è tratta dal raro A Description of Latium or La Campagna di Roma di Ellis Cornelia Knight corredato da venti tavole disegnate dalla stessa autrice, raffiguranti quasi tutte i Castelli Romani.
Ellis Cornelia Knight nasce a Londra nel 1757 e, dopo aver frequentato una scuola diretta da un pastore svizzero, imparando il latino e alcune lingue europee, rimane orfana del padre. Subito dopo si trasferisce a Roma insieme alla madre, da dove inizia il suo viaggio attraverso i borghi, i paesi e le città del Lazio.
Ellis Cornelia KNIGHT (Londra, 1757 – Parigi, 1837)
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Ellis Cornelia Knight was a writer and painter. Knight's father, Sir Joseph Knight, Upon her father's death, Knight and her mother were left with only a small income; to make the most of it they moved to the Continent. They were living in Naples , Florence and Rome. In 1805 Ellis published in London "A Description of Latium, or La Campagna di Roma" with her own etchings, issued by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. In 1818 she became a teacher of English, literature, science and fine arts to the young Massimo d'Azeglio, who was an important Italian patriot and politic. He mentioned Cornelia in his d'Azeglio's Memoirs (1867), in chapter XIV where d'Azeglio met Knight in 1818 at Castelgandolfo. The last twenty years of her life were spent outside of England, and she died in Paris. A portrait of Ellis Cornelia Knight was done by Angelika Kauffmann in 1793.
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Ellis Cornelia KNIGHT (Londra, 1757 – Parigi, 1837)
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Ellis Cornelia Knight was a writer and painter. Knight's father, Sir Joseph Knight, Upon her father's death, Knight and her mother were left with only a small income; to make the most of it they moved to the Continent. They were living in Naples , Florence and Rome. In 1805 Ellis published in London "A Description of Latium, or La Campagna di Roma" with her own etchings, issued by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. In 1818 she became a teacher of English, literature, science and fine arts to the young Massimo d'Azeglio, who was an important Italian patriot and politic. He mentioned Cornelia in his d'Azeglio's Memoirs (1867), in chapter XIV where d'Azeglio met Knight in 1818 at Castelgandolfo. The last twenty years of her life were spent outside of England, and she died in Paris. A portrait of Ellis Cornelia Knight was done by Angelika Kauffmann in 1793.
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