Old Master & British Works on Paper

Franz Kaisermann

View of the temples at Paestum

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July 8, 01:03 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Franz Kaisermann

Yverdon 1765 - 1833 Rome

View of the temples at Paestum

Pen and brown ink and watercolour over black chalk;

signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: F. Keiserman. / Roma. 1817.

unframed: 545 by 755 mm

framed: 755 by 950 mm

This grand and majestic view of the temples at Paestum was probably intended as a Grand Tour souvenir. Kaisermann went to Rome in 1789 to work as an assistant to Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros. However, his time with Ducros was short-lived due to bad relations between the two artists. Kaisermann eventually went to work for Pauline Bonaparte Borghese and her husband Prince Camillo Borghese. He became extremely popular with tourists and his picturesque views were highly sought after by English and German visitors.