Auguste Enfantin (1793-1827), Italian church ruin with bell tower, 19th c., Etching

Beschreibung: Auguste Enfantin (1793 Belleville bei Paris - 1827 Neapel), Italian church ruin with bell tower, 19th century, Etching

Technique: Etching on paper
Size: 23,7 x 28 cm, Plate: 19,2 x 24,2 cm | 9 1/3 x 11 in, Plate: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
Inscription: lower right collector's stamp Friedrich August II von Sachsen (Lugt no. 971)

Condition: Slightly browned, some larger stains, especially in the right half of the image.

Description: Under a sky covered with piling up dark clouds, the Campanile of a small Italian church rises up, which seems to be partly decayed. Enfantin probably made this etching during his stay in Italy between 1825 and 1827. In Rome he had contact with artists such as François-Edouard Bertin and Camille Corot. In 1827, at the age of 34, he died in Naples.

Keywords: Romanticism, Genre, Landscape, Italy, France, Travel, Print, Etching, Church, Steeple, Bell, Architecture, House, Cloud, Sky, Ruin, Landscape

Zustand: Slightly browned, some larger stains, especially in the right half of the image. Hinweise: Romanticism, Genre, Landscape, Italy, France, Travel, Print, Etching, Church, Steeple, Bell, Architecture, House, Cloud, Sky, Ruin, Landscape Herkunft: Friedrich August II von Sachsen Abmessungen: 23,7 x 28 cm, Plate: 19,2 x 24,2 cm | 9 1/3 x 11 in, Plate: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in Name des Künstlers: Auguste Enfantin (1793-1827) Medium: Etching on paper