Giacomo Caneva - La Crescenza, Campagna Romana, Valle del Poussin - image-1

Lot 859 Dα

Giacomo Caneva - La Crescenza, Campagna Romana, Valle del Poussin

Auction 1161 - overview Cologne
07.12.2020, 17:00 - Photography
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €

Giacomo Caneva

La Crescenza, Campagna Romana, Valle del Poussin
c. 1850 - 1852

Salt print from paper negative. 20.2 x 27.5 cm.

The valley with the river Fosso della Crescenza, which is crossed by a simple ancient bridge, was also a popular subject for landscape painting. Besides Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot also captured the area in paintings.

Literature

Schulte-Arndt/Siegert 1998, ill. p. 125 (cat. 84); Bonetti 2008, ill. p. 117 and p. 148 (cat. 31)