Nahl (Johann August, 1752-1825). Acquedotti di Claudio a Tivoli

Attributed to Johann August Nahl (1752-1825). Acquedotti di Claudio a Tivoli, fine sepia wash over etched outline, on laid paper (bears partially visible watermark 'Zoonen'), single-rule outer border, sheet size 34 x 48cm (132/5 x 187/8 ins), laid down on cream laid backing paper, with pale blue-green wash applied to the outer borders, with collectors mark of Johann Wilhelm Nahl (1803-1880) to verso (Lugt 1954), and inscribed in brown ink to lower left 'Acquedotti di Claudio a Tivoli', a few light surface marks, but generally in very good condition, overall size of the backing sheet 42 x 56cm (161/2 x 22ins)

(Qty: 1)

Provenance: Johann Wilhelm Nahl (1803-1880), son of Johann August Nahl, whose collections of prints were sold in Cassel in 1881, according to Lugt.

The present work, although attributed to Nahl, is also similar in composition and mood to the output of Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847).