ANONIEM / ANONYME XIX Panoramic view of a town in the Roman Campagna. Oil on...

ANONIEM / ANONYME XIX Panoramic view of a town in the Roman Campagna. Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard, which in turn was mounted on panel. Unsigned. Provenance: Robert Lauwers Though unsigned, this oil sketch is very closely related to the broad panoramic sketch attributed to Ramsay Richard Reinagle, Mountainous Landscape with Ruins and Buildings, dated 1796 (see the Gere Collection, reproduced nr. 63). Dimensions, composition, technique, every detail of rendering the sky, mountains, distant dwellings etc. could point to the same hand. Unusual is the technique of frottis, light rubbing of the paint surface of the dense shrubberies in the foreground along the road. Small houses are differentiated by quasi 'miniature' painting technique. Only large buildings in the centre of the city stand out clearly. The horizontal character of the sketch is prominent in the layout of the city and is repeated in the far distant hills. 26.5 x 47.5 cm (39 x 59.5 cm)

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