The Cave Of Neptune In Tivoli, Great Romantic Gouache Of The XIXth Century

Very large Italian gouache dating from the 1st half of the 19th century, the romantic era and the grand tour.
it is probably an idealized and romantic representation of a view of the Tivoli cascade seen from the cave of Neptune.
Indeed, in the first half of the 19th century, this type of view, like the gouaches of Naples, was very popular with the rich European clientele of travelers making their grand tour in Italy.
these gouaches were beautiful practical souvenirs to bring back and mark in memory an ideal and romantic trip.
our gouache here would be a great perspective captured inside the cave of Neptune and hugging the cascatelle of Tivoli in a magnificent background recalling the work of painters such as Hubert Robert, Abraham Ducros, or Von Rohden etc ...
indeed the site of Tivoli allowed at the time to favor the compositions that these painters liked with a mixture between nature, plants and rocks, waterfalls and water bodies, architecture and human hands, its impact on landscapes. here it is a gouache and therefore probably the work of an Italian artist, she wears the monogram CM Bottom left.
the gouache is animated by a few characters and animals offering to the spectator a very lively scene accompanied by the rhythm of the waterfall and the water.
great freshness of colors and large dimensions, a real window to the outside. cleaning has been carried out, some small old tears at the edge restored and very little visible, look at the photos, a beautiful frame in gilded wood of the 20th century.
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