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Two scenes from another time, of clear neoclassical inspiration, painted in gouache with a delicate hand and a dreamy gaze.
Flowing waters, arched bridges, crenellated towers, and triumphal arches reflect in the bright sky, while tiny figures animate the landscape. These are not real places but ideal visions: classical ruins and medieval castles coexisting in the same space, snow-capped mountains in the background, flocks of birds crossing the sky.
A taste typical of the late 18th century, when imagination intertwined with archaeology and the memory of the Grand Tour. Not Robert Hubert, as some old label would suggest, but rather a Franco-Swiss context, close to the gouaches of Hackert or Boguet.
Original works, still to be cleaned though in good condition, carrying the charm of a meticulous and luminous painting—meant to be observed up close like miniatures and experienced as windows onto an imaginary world.
20th-century frames.
- Size: 36 × 23 h cm (54 × 51 cm with frame)
- Condition: Restored
- Period: Seconda metà del '700
- Style: Neoclassical
- State: Good conditions
