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83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83 6499 Tironi Francesco ±1745 1797 surroundings of
83/6499 Tironi, Francesco (±1745-1797) (surroundings of). (View of the Piazza San Pedro with the Pope blessing the multitude gathered on the square). Handcoloured engraving with additional drawing in watercolour, 61,3x99 cm., 2 watermarks of D&C Blauw.

- Some retouches on thin spots probably caused by silverfish that have also left a few other untreated traces of nibbling (mostly in the sky area). Outer margins strengthened with paper tape on verso.

= An attractive and rare anonymous engraving with added drawing in watercolour. The Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid holds a set of three similar paintings/ watercolours under inventory number 0229, 1336 and 1337, one of which is identical in many of the engraved details to our copy (cf. https://www.academiacolecciones.com/pinturas/inventario.php?id=0229). The additions in watercolour in the landscape and skyline in the background of no. 0229 by nature resemble the additions in our copy, but show definite variations and our copy is slightly smaller than no. 0229 (which measures 69x99 cm.). The various authors that have researched the three copies in the Academia de San Fernando, identify the artist as either "Alex. Tironi" or "Alelo. Tironi" on the basis of three different signatures that are visible on the tympan of the righthand collonade (one of the signatures is illegible online). However, no artist of the name "Alessandro/ Alejandro Tironi" is known. The artist Francesco Tironi, who is also mentioned in the records of the Academia, as possible artist has left the world with quite a few fine vedutes in watercolour and in oil (including at least one of the Piazza San Pedro), but is not known as an engraver (but he might have been the artist who added the watercolour sections). The identity of Alex./ Alejandro Tironi will for now remain unclear. Apart from the lifespan of Francesco Tironi, the watermarks, for which see Heawood no. 3267 and 3268 (dating 1769) tie in with the various relevant dates that researchers have found for the provenance of the three works kept in the Academia de San Fernando. As Isidora Rose de Viejo points out in her "Catalogo Actualizado de la Colección de Pinturas de Manuel Godoy" four manuscript records in the museum mention the presence of the three views of the Piazza San Pedro: Quillet in 1808, and the inventories of 1813, 1814/1815 and 1816. She surmises that the three paintings were probably gifted to Godoy around 1800 and informs us that Godoy's collection was confiscated in 1813. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.

€ (3.000-5.000)