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Wicar, Jean-Baptiste Joseph, 1762-1834. Letters, ca. 1803-1823.

Title: Letters, ca. 1803-1823.

Seven letters to his friend the painter Francesco Giangiacomo in Rome (ca. 1806-1810) from Genoa and Naples. Letters include extensive discussion of the curriculum at the royal academy in Naples, the management of his private collection of Old Master paintings (including a list of fifty of these works), engravings after Raphael and their own works in progress. Also included are comments on artistic events and personalities of the day including references to Canova, Vincenzo Pacetti, Lodovico Venuti, Vincenzo Camuccini and Gaspare Landi. With a letter (1823) to Girolamo Sciaccia recommending Guerin to his full privileges in the Accademia di San Luca.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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Scotti, Federigo. Vita pittorica del cavaliere Gaspare Landi (manuscript biography), 1829.

Title: Vita pittorica del cavaliere Gaspare Landi (manuscript biography), 1829.

A fair copy of a life of the painter Gaspare Landi with a detailed account of his work and commissions. With a letter of enclosure from Fernando Landi to Filippo Rosa (n.d.).

ArchivalResource: 17 p.

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Landi, Gaspare, 1756-1830. Letters : Rome, to Giampaolo Maggi, Piacenza, 1781-1788.

Title: Letters : Rome, to Giampaolo Maggi, Piacenza, 1781-1788.

Two letters and a note sent to Abbot Maggi in Piacenza. Landi gives details of his visit to Florence, providing extensive commentary on paintings he has viewed in the Pitti Palace, primarily those of Raphael, Titian, and Da Vinci (1781). In another letter (1788) Landi discusses his numerous current commissions for the Loreto family and others.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81295435 View