CARLO LABRUZZI (Rome, 1748 - Perugia, 1817) a. Arch...

CARLO LABRUZZI (Rome, 1748 - Perugia, 1817)

a. Arch of entry to Capua
Watercolor on paper, cm. 37x32. Framed
The design is reduced along the left and right margin. Lower an antique inscription probably autographed: "ARCO FRONATLE ANTICO SOPRA LA VIA APPIA / FRA CAPUA NOVA E VECHIA".
LITERATURE: P.A. De Rosa - B. Jatta, La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013, TAV. 196, p. 432 (of this view is published only one version in sepia at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana).

b. Amphitheater of Capua from the South. Watercolor on paper, cm. 38x33,5. Framed The drawing is reduced along the left margin.
Lower antique inscription probably autographed: "ANFITEATRO DI CAPUA DALLA PORTA DI PONENTE / 24". Upper a pen inscription: "205".
LITERATURE: P.A. De Rosa - B. Jatta, La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013, TAV. 199, p. 435 (of this view are published two versions in sepia, today at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and at the Accademia di San Luca).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Rome.