Italy, Liguria, Genova; Torricelli / Giolfi / Guidotti - Vue de la Place de Banchi. Veduta della Piazza de Banchi - 1761-1780

Vue de la Place de Banchi. Veduta della Piazza de Banchi (Giuseppe) Torricelli del(ineò) (Antonio) Giolfi inv(entò) Gio(vanni) Lor(enzo) Guidotti fece in Lucca From Raccolta di diverse vedute della città di Genova e delle principali sue parti e fabbriche, 1769 It is a beautiful, spectacular view of Piazza de Banchi in Genoa, with human figures caught in the foreground, looking like acting on a crowded stage, while the loggias on the left look like make-believe stages of an eighteenth-century opera house. The double title in French and Italian and the name of the artist are below the mise en scène. Etching on laid paper without watermark, blank verso, good margins, old rest] and signs of oxidation that do not affect the quality of the work. Dimensions: plate edge 44. 5 x 68. 5 cm Antonio Giolfi (Genoa, 1721 – 1796) , was a famous painter and made various frescoes, such as those still visible at Palazzo Doria. He was an abbot and, later, became the secretary and director of the Genoese School of Painting. From his collaboration with the Tuscans Torricelli and Guidotti, originate the twenty tables included in the Collection from which this view is taken, all marked by deep attention to the planimetry, mostly amplified in a theatrical and perspective way.