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Giacomo Caneva - The Waterfall at Tivoli with the Villa of Maecenas

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

Giacomo Caneva

The Waterfall at Tivoli with the Villa of Maecenas
1852 - 1855

Salt print from paper negative. 26.7 x 20.9 cm.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described Tivoli as one of the "first natural spectacles". Due to its spectacular location with the dramatic waterfalls of the Aniene and the ancient ruins, Tivoli has always attracted artists, including the painter Oswald Achenbach.

Literature

Bonetti 2008, ill. p. 135 and p. 154 (cat. 86)