Dediée a Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur l'Archiduc Pierre Leopold... Par Son très humble et très Soumis Serviteur Ja. Ph. Hackert. [&] II.eme Vue de Livourne... [&] III.eme Vue de Livourne... [&] IV.eme Vue de Livourne....
Peint par Ja. Ph. Hackert. 1778. Grave a l'eau forte par B.A. Dunker et termine par G. Eichler.
A Rome chez George Hackert Graveur Place d'Espagne.
Set of four etchings with engraving. 345 x 480mm (13½ x 19") very large margins.
A rare set of matching four views of Livorno, an important free port in Tuscany, known to the British as 'Leghorn', showing it as a bustling port filled with ships. The second plate illustrates the famous 'Monument of the Four Moors', decorated with four bronze slaves. The third has portrait of an Ottoman merchant with women and wares on the quayside. The fourth has a storm and shipwreck, with people being pulled from the sea onto the shore. After Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737 - 1807), painter and etcher. Born in Prenzlau north of Berlin, he came to Italy in 1768, settling first in Rome and (from 1787) Naples.
[Ref: 53754] £1,400.00
A Rome chez George Hackert Graveur Place d'Espagne.
Set of four etchings with engraving. 345 x 480mm (13½ x 19") very large margins.
A rare set of matching four views of Livorno, an important free port in Tuscany, known to the British as 'Leghorn', showing it as a bustling port filled with ships. The second plate illustrates the famous 'Monument of the Four Moors', decorated with four bronze slaves. The third has portrait of an Ottoman merchant with women and wares on the quayside. The fourth has a storm and shipwreck, with people being pulled from the sea onto the shore. After Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737 - 1807), painter and etcher. Born in Prenzlau north of Berlin, he came to Italy in 1768, settling first in Rome and (from 1787) Naples.
[Ref: 53754] £1,400.00