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Lot 215
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Franz Kaisermann

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Franz Kaisermann
  • A: View of Rome at sunset from FrascatiB: View of Villa Frascati from Villa Conti at sunrise

  • Both watercolor with touches of gum arabic over black chalk;
    A: signed, lower center, in black ink:  F Keiserman and inscribed lower left, in black ink: Vue prise a Frascati dou lon voit Rome au coucher du soleil and also inscribed in black ink, verso: Vue prise ou sort de la Villa Belvedére a Frascati/ le chemin qui conduit a villa Bracciano dans le lointain lon voit Rome pris au coucher du soleil/ Dessiné et peint d'apres nature par François Kaiserman Rome 1820;
    B: signed and dated, lower center, in black ink: F. Keiserman/ 1820 and inscribed, lower left, in black ink: Vue de la villa de Frascati au lever du soleil and inscribed verso: Vue de la villa de Frascati pris de villa Conti lon voit le Palais de la Princesse Pauline le Palais du Cardinal York dans le lointain la jardin Monte Genaro/ Dessiné et peint sur la nature par Francois Keiserman/ artiste Rome. 1820

Condition

Both watercolors are in good condition. There is some slight discoloration in the sky and some surface dirt but the medium remains fresh. Both sold in decorative gilded frames.
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Catalogue Note

These two watercolor views of Rome were probably intended as Grand Tour souvenirs.  Kaisermann went to Rome in 1789 to work as an assistant to Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros.  However, his time with Ducros was short-lived due to bad relations between the two artists.  Kaisermann eventually went to work for Pauline Bonaparte Borghese and her husband Camillo and this is when he produced the majoirty of his views of Rome.  He became extremely popular with tourists and his picturesque views were highly sought after by English and German visitors.