Giuseppe Ghirardi (1788-1884) Badia Di Passignano, 1866, Ink And Ink Wash

Giuseppe Ghirardi (1788-1884)
Badia di Passignano, 1866,
ink and ink wash on paper
annotated in ink lower right "Passignano Badia",
on the back the words "Badia di Passagnano, Giuseppe Gherardi fece del vero 1866"
28.5 x 43 cm
in good condition, but chips in the lower left corner and in the upper right corner;
Presented in sheet form, without framing

Giuseppe Ghirardi (1788-1884) is known for his paintings of landscape drawings, mainly of Florence and Tuscany.His painting "Terni Waterfalls" is kept at the Weimar Museum
Listed in Bénézit Volume 6 p 67

The abbey (Badia) of Passignano, also called the abbey of San Michele Arcangelo in Passignano, is a historic Benedictine abbey situated on a picturesque hilltop, surrounded by cypress trees, east of the town of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, in the province of Florence, Italy.