View of the Villa Belvedere, taken from the Second Terrace, Frascati
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1779
Materials
Graphite on paper
Measurements
240 x 383 mm
Place of origin
Frascati (Italy)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 849384
Summary
Graphite on paper, View of the Villa Belvedere, taken from the Second Terrace, Frascati by Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 – Versailles 1827), signed lower right, 1 Italie f a frescati [sic], circa 1779. Mounted. 1. Vue de la Villa del Belvedere, prise de la seconde terrasse a Frascati.
Provenance
One of 200 drawings (Catalogue des principaux dessins et les mieux soignis, faits et finis sur les lieuxs et d’apres nature, par L. F. Cassas, appartenant a Lord Bristol) either obtained from the artist by Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730-1803) through Louis-Antoine Auguste de Rohan-Chabot, duc de Rohan-Chabot (1733 - 1807) or more likely, sold to Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, MP, FRS, FSA (1769-1859) by the widow of Alexandre-Louis Auguste, duc de Rohan-Chabot (1761 – 1816), son of the artist’s patron, Anne-Louise-Madeleine-Élénore de Montmorency, duchesse de Rohan-Chabot (1771-1828) in around 1822; and thence by decent until acquired by the National Trust under the auspices of the National Land Fund (later National Heritage Memorial Fund) in 1956
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Circle 1 in top left hand corner Verso: Encircled in black chalk 11
Makers and roles
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827), artist