Roman Wall Frescoes of the Villa Negroni, Rome: (after Anton Raphael Mengs)
Girolamo Carattoni (1757 - 1809)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1980 - 1999
Materials
Cardboard
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 849579.3
Summary
Print, engraving, Roman Wall Frescoes of the Villa Negroni, Rome: (after Anton Raphael Mengs) by Reproduction of a design for the Pompeian Room, byGirolamo Carattoni (1749-c.1809) One of three on display. Wall design from the Villa Negroni. Engraved by Carattoni, and published by Camillo Buti.The Villa Negroni was a Roman villa, found in the extensive grounds of the former Villa Montalto-Peretti, near the Baths of the Diocletian and excavated in 1777; its rooms contained well-preserved frescoes which were removed by the English dealer Henry Tresham and are now lost.
Provenance
Bought in 1999 from Hengs.
Makers and roles
Girolamo Carattoni (1757 - 1809) , engraver (printmaker) Anton Raphael Mengs (Aussig 1728 – Rome 1779), original artist