Vue du Village de Licenza et du petit bourg de Civitella…

Reference: S7012
Author Balthasar Anton DUNKER
Year: 1780 ca.
Zone: Licenza
Printed: Paris
Measures: 455 x 370 mm
€250.00

Reference: S7012
Author Balthasar Anton DUNKER
Year: 1780 ca.
Zone: Licenza
Printed: Paris
Measures: 455 x 370 mm
€250.00

Description

Landscape with a flock of cows in the foreground, a man on horseback in the background to left and a view of the village of Licenza in the distance; after a gouache by Hackert. after 1780 Etching and engraving, 1780 circa.

Lettered with the title and 'Et du petit bourg de Civitelle prise sur la route avant d'arriver a la Maison de Campagne d'Horace'; production details ('peint à gouache...); numbered 'No VI' in top left corner.

Literature

R. Nicolas, Balthasar-Antoine Dunker, Ginevra, Editions Albert Ciana, 1924, p. 49.6.

Balthasar Anton DUNKER (Halle 1746- Berna 1807)

Draughtsman and engraver. b. Saal near Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania. Pupil of Jacob Philipp Hackert, who took him to Paris in 1765, where he was in the circle of Wille and Huquier. While there his parents became bankrupt, and he had to pay his way by selling his drawings and paintings, later taking up etching. 1772 to Basel to work in Mechel studio; to Bern 1773, where began by working for Aberli before setting up for himself. Friend on Freudenberger. Married in 1775, and in 1777 given citizenship in Bern.

Literature

R. Nicolas, Balthasar-Antoine Dunker, Ginevra, Editions Albert Ciana, 1924, p. 49.6.

Balthasar Anton DUNKER (Halle 1746- Berna 1807)

Draughtsman and engraver. b. Saal near Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania. Pupil of Jacob Philipp Hackert, who took him to Paris in 1765, where he was in the circle of Wille and Huquier. While there his parents became bankrupt, and he had to pay his way by selling his drawings and paintings, later taking up etching. 1772 to Basel to work in Mechel studio; to Bern 1773, where began by working for Aberli before setting up for himself. Friend on Freudenberger. Married in 1775, and in 1777 given citizenship in Bern.