26.8.12
Voyage in Italy of Abbé St. Non
This French priest, known as Jean-Claude Richard of St. Non (1727-1791) studied in Rome where he met the painters Jean Fragonard and Hubert Robert. When he decided to travel across the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, he hired some of the best painters to document the remarkable work he would write later.
(Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et Sicile, Clousier, Paris 1781-1786)
Este sacerdote Francês de seu nome Jean-Claude Richard de St. Non (1727-1791) estudou em Roma onde conheceu os pintores Jean Fragonard e Hubert Robert. Quando se decidiu viajar pelos reinos de Nápoles e Sicília contratou alguns dos melhores pintores para documentarem a assinalável obra que posteriormente escreveu.
(Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et Sicile, Clousier, Paris 1781-1786)
Claude-Louis Châtelet (1749-1795)-'view of part of the city and the Gulf of Naples taken the castle St Elmo'-engraving pg. 66a
Claude-Louis Châtelet (1749-1795)-'to the extremity of the wharf and Chiaia in Naples suburb taking of the place called Capo di Mergelina'-engraving pg. 93c
Jean-Baptiste Houet (1745-1811)-'view of Vesuvius and part of the Gulf of Naples take the place called Dogana di Terra near the bridge of the Maddalena'-engraving pg. 209a
Claude-Louis Châtelet (1749-1795)-'view of Vesuvius taken of Mount St. Angelo, where is located a house Camaldulea (monastery Camaldoli)'-engraving pg. 212a
Unknown-'Masaniello harangued the people of Naples in the Market Square for the famous Carmea sédution of 1647 (against Spain)'-engraving pg.242a
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