Vuë du Campanille de Soletta, Village situé dans la Terre d'Otrantes
| Reference: | S12121 |
| Author | Richard de SAINT NON |
| Year: | 1783 |
| Zone: | Otranto |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 250 x 190 mm |
€100.00
| Reference: | S12121 |
| Author | Richard de SAINT NON |
| Year: | 1783 |
| Zone: | Otranto |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 250 x 190 mm |
€100.00
Description
View taken from the Voyage Pittoresque ou description des Royaume de Naples et de Sicilie by Richard de Saint-Non.
During his trip to Rome, Richard de Saint-Non met two already famous French painters, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert, with whom he travelled along Italy. Their friendship led to the cooperation for the ambitious project of depicting all the main monuments of Southern Italy and Sicily. Between 1781 and 1786, with the assistance of many contemporary artists, he realized the Voyage Pittoresque ou description des Royaume de Naples et de Sicilie, a five volumes work published annually. As a result of a great typographical effort, the work is a collection of Sain-Non’s travelling notes; the graphic part is made up of 542 engravings and etchings, realized by the most important artists of the period. The work is immediately successful, for the book became a new typographical model for the following publications. From an artistic point of view, the views, landscapes and antiquity keep the Romantic pictorial style of Fragonard, Robert, Desprez and all the other artists that took part in this monumental project. The re-issue, between 1795 and 1798, of the pictorial plates, witnesses the great success of this project. A re-issue of the whole work was edited in 1829 by Dufour.
Example taken from the first edition of the work, with the acronym of the Royal priviledge.
Etching, printed on contemporary laid paper, light foxing, otherwise good condition.
Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)
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Richard de Saint-Non was born in Paris in 1727. Due his noble birth, he was obliged by his family to take vows and become a deacon. Although he didn’t have a real vocation, he bought the position of clergy counsellor when he was 20. He was then obliged to leave Paris after a Papal Bull of Clemente XI and went into exile to Poitier. In this period (1752-59), Saint-Non trained himself to as engraver and drawer, driving inspiration from and trying out the latest techniques introduced by Jean Baptiste Le Prince. Once back in Paris, Sain-Non decided to leave his clergy counsellor position to devote himself to the study of Arts, travelling along Great Britain and Italy. During his trip to Rome, he met two already famous French painters, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert, with whom he travelled along Italy. Their friendship led to the cooperation for the ambitious project of depicting all the main monuments of Southern Italy and Sicily.
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Richard de SAINT NON (Parigi 1727 - ivi, 1791)
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Richard de Saint-Non was born in Paris in 1727. Due his noble birth, he was obliged by his family to take vows and become a deacon. Although he didn’t have a real vocation, he bought the position of clergy counsellor when he was 20. He was then obliged to leave Paris after a Papal Bull of Clemente XI and went into exile to Poitier. In this period (1752-59), Saint-Non trained himself to as engraver and drawer, driving inspiration from and trying out the latest techniques introduced by Jean Baptiste Le Prince. Once back in Paris, Sain-Non decided to leave his clergy counsellor position to devote himself to the study of Arts, travelling along Great Britain and Italy. During his trip to Rome, he met two already famous French painters, Jean Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert, with whom he travelled along Italy. Their friendship led to the cooperation for the ambitious project of depicting all the main monuments of Southern Italy and Sicily.
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