The Bridge (Ponte d'Augusto) at Narni, from the Bottom of the Valley
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1780
Materials
Black chalk and graphite on paper
Measurements
360 x 540 mm
Place of origin
Narni
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 849394
Summary
Black chalk and graphite on beige paper, The Bridge (Ponte Augusto) at Narni, from the bottom of the Valley by Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 – Versailles 1827), 1780. Annotated on mount: Acqueduc d'Auguste à Narni. 11. Les Aquéduces de Trajan à Narni en regardant le fond de la vallé [incorrect]. Mounted.
Provenance
One of 200 drawings (Catalogue des principaux dessins et les mieux soignis, faits et finis sur les lieuxs et d’après 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
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Black chalk - 137 Recto: ARD - stamp [Lugt 172]
Makers and roles
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827), artist
References
Voyages en Italie de Louis-François Cassas, 1756-1827 (ed. Annie Gilet) exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, 21 November 2015 - 22 February 2016, Cat 38, p. 121