Giovanni Battista Cipriani R.A. Large Chalk Drawing Venus And Cupid Circa.1780

Giovanni Battista Cipriani R.A. Large Chalk Drawing Venus And Cupid Circa.1780Attr. Giovanni Battista Cipriani R. A 1727 1785 Anglo Italian School 18th. Century. Venus And Cupids. Red and black chalk on buff paper laid on card. 31. 7 by 42. 4 cms. Provenance: Swann Galleries New York 23 01 2003 Lot 141. Born at Florence, Cipriani was bought to London in 1755 by the architect Sir William Chambers and the sculptor Joseph Wilton who had met him in Rome. He was employed in the decoration of many public and private houses and in

John Thirtle 1777-1839

Framed as one

Humphry Repton

16 by 13 cms

The sitter was the Great-Great Grandmother to Dame Edith Sitwell and certainly does bear a familial likeness

Multiple disputes erupted between soldiers loyal to Napoleon and those loyal to the King

He was sometimes known as the "people's painter"

Executed on wove Whatman type paper laid to card backing

Gilded wood frame 31

British School mid 20th

Inspired by the work of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) and Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891)

The drawing has been laid down onto card at somepoint