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A set of five hand-coloured engravings depicting the Roman frescoes of the Villa Negroni, in the style of Angelo Campanella (1746-1811), after Anton Raphael Mengs and Anton Von Maron, second half 18th century
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Property of a Gentleman
A set of five hand-coloured engravings depicting the Roman frescoes of the Villa Negroni, in the style of Angelo Campanella (1746-1811), after Anton Raphael Mengs and Anton Von Maron
second half 18th century
the set of five engravings with hand-colouring in gouache, each framed, depicting Venus and nymph with putti; Venus and Adonis; Venus and wounded Adonis; The drunkenness of Hercules; and Bacchus and Ariadne, different in size
RELATED LITERATURE
Joyce, Hetty. “The Ancient Frescoes from the Villa Negroni and Their Influence in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” The Art Bulletin, vol. 65, no. 3, 1983, pp. 423–440.
These engravings are part of a series of eight, entitled Roman Frescoes of the Villa Negroni. Each plate shows a different wall of the so-called Villa Negroni which was excavated in Rome near the Baths of Diocletian in July 1777. The original series was engraved by Angelo Campanella (c.1748-c.1815) after drawings by Anton Raphael Mengs and Anton Von Maron.