Franz Kobell
1749 - 1822
Stadtansichten Roms. 1818.
Pen and India ink drawing.
On thin laid paper. 12.7 x 20 cm (5 x 7.8 in), the full sheet.
Included: Wilhelm von Kobell, In Rom, etching. Signed, titled, and marked “aqua f” in the plate. On wove paper, 6.1 x 8.1 in. Sheet: 8.6 x 13.5 in. Literature: Monika Goedl-Roth, Wilhelm von Kobell Druckgraphik, Munich 1974, CR no. 48, with illustration (different copy).

PROVENANCE: Private collection Günther Förg.

The fine drawing has slight brown spots overall. There is a vertical crease in the center. There is a small defect in the paper at the bottom left (in the roof of the house to the right above the large bush) and a tear in the paper (along the edge of the roof of the large houses on the right).
The accompanying etching is overall browned.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.