Isle of Nisida from the Schools of Virgil
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1780
Materials
Graphite on beige paper
Measurements
215 x 315 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 849416
Summary
Graphite on beige paper, Isle of Nisida from the Schools of Virgil by Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 – Versailles 1827), 1780. 34. Vue d'une partie de l'Isle Nisita, prise du côté des Ecoles de Virgile.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Black chalk - 47 Verso: 65 Recto: Top left - 34
Makers and roles
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - Versailles 1827)
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 78, p 195