Edward Lear, A view of Eremo di Camaldoli, Frascati, near Rome.
Signed and dated ‘Edward Lear del. 1846.’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Camaldoli. / Frascati.’ (lower left). Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with touches of white on buff paper. 6 ¼ x 17 ¾ in. (16 x 45 cm.)
Provenance
With Agnew’s, London (105th Annual Exhibition of Waterclours and Drawings, January-February 1978, no. 213).
Lear first travelled to Italy in 1837, and enjoyed regular and prolonged visits across the country over the following decade, culminating in his 1846 publication ‘Illustrated excursions in Italy’. For another Italian view by Lear, see lot 269.
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