Visp en Valais
Italian (Neapolitan) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Gouache on paper
Measurements
140 x 190 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607926.7
Summary
Gouache on brown paper, Visp en Valais, Italian (Neapolitan) School, circa 1820. One of a set of twelve gouache drawings, circa 1820. View of a mountainous village, large wooden bridge crosses a wide river, to the left a ruined church, monastery and numerous church spires. Distant snow capped mountains. 'Visp en Valais' (written in gold below drawing). On brown paper page with wash border, in a red leather sketchbook.
Provenance
Possibly 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Visp en Valais (written in gold below drawing)
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, artist