C1840s Watercolour Attrib To Cesare Marianneci ((c.1819 C.1894)

Artist - Cesare Mariannecci after (Raphael and workshop) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) Raphael (Raffaello Santi (1483-1520)

Medium - Watercolour on paper c1840s

Size - 20.5 x 46cm (image)

This is a very good quality Grand tour water colour of the Sibyls, this has been attributed to Cesare Mariannecci who was active in the mid 19th century and was a well known copyist who's work is held in many museums and private collections. This painting was probably purchased during someones Grand tour in the mid 19th century. The painting is a copy of The Sibyls by Raphael and workshop) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) Raphael (Raffaello Santi (1483-1520)

The Grand Tour, was a journey of discovery to Italy, often lasting a year or more taken by young noblemen to complete their education which had been based on the classics. By the 1720s the Grand Tour had become a rite of passage, not unlike today’s gap year.

Italy was widely viewed as the place to admire (and often acquire) the finest art of all periods. Grand Tourists commissioned portraits and viewed paintings from leading artists and collected antiquities and reproductions of famous works. These souvenirs of the Grand Tour – the experience of a lifetime – were prominently displayed in country houses in Britain and Ireland on their return.

Condition : Used
Manufacture Date : 1800s
Materials : Watercolour