19th Century Paintings including Spanish

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Lot 267
  • 267

Carlo Bossoli Italian, 1815-1884

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Description

  • Carlo Bossoli
  • View of Susa, Savoy

  • signed and dated C. Bossoli 1854 l.r.; initialled C B l.c.

  • gouache on paper

  • 78.5 by 131.5cm., 31 by 51 3/4 in.

Provenance

Believed to have been in the family since before 1900

Catalogue Note

Situated some fifty kilometres to the west of Turin, Susa today lies on the Italian side of the Italian-French border. Its main landmark, clearly visible in Bossoli's view, is the tower of the city's cathedral, built in the eleventh century. The remains of the Roman Porta Savoia, dating from the fourth century, are visible to the left of the tower.

Two ink and wash sketches of the duomo, executed in 1853, are recorded in Ada Peyrot, Carlo Bossoli, Turin, 1974, p. 311, nos. 638 and 639.