POMPEII, court of the TEMPLE OF ISIS, with Grand Tour travelers & locals

RUINS of POMPEII, with Travelers on the Grand Tour & locals, circa 1825

Achille Vianelly ([Vianelli, or Viennelly],Italian, 1803-94)
Watercolorist, lithographer & etcher
b. 31 Dec 1803, Porto Maurizio di Imperia; d. Benevento, 2 Apr 1894.

Signed lower left (on stone wall) : “Vianelly”
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"
Glazed and backed with acid-free mat board;
in original walnut frame (9-1/2 x 12” outside size)
Bevel-edged old wood backboard with early label of Samson Cariss & Co, 140 Baltimore Street

Born in Porto Maurizio near Genoa, in 1819 he moved to Naples, where he trained initially in the ‘camera lucida’. His earliest works were academically correct oils in the panoramic tradition.

Turning to watercolor and sepia, he developed the freer more spontaneous technique for which he became known, especially for their light touch and evocative use of diffused light and shadow.
He published a series of lithographs in a “Viaggio pittorico nel Regno delle Due Sicilie” (1829–1834), was awarded a knighthood of the Order of Francesco I of the Two Sicilies and an honorary professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.

In 1848 he moved to Benevento some 30 miles north ot Naples.

# 01003 ma ....................................................................................................................... $2,500.