MAYER Luigi (c.1755-1803)
Romania. ‘Ingresso del villagio di Floresti nella Vallachia presa da una collina
vicino la fontana / Tavolla No.LVIII del viaggio pittoresco del Sig.Cav.Roberto Ainslie’ sic.
Watercolour and gouache. 16×21 inches. Signed.
Painted while accompanying his employer Ambassador
Sir Robert Ainslie back from Constantinople in 1794.
MAYER Luigi (1755-1803)
On the Meuse, Holland.
Watercolour and gouache. Signed ‘Luigi Mayer, Roma, disegna’.
Inscribed by the artist ‘Soborgo situate alle sponde della Mosa (Meuse) in Olanda. Copiato dal disegno originala del viaggio pittoresco del Sig.Cav. Robert Ainslie, fatto nel 1794’.
Mayer accompanied Sir Robert Ainslie (Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1775-1791) on his return across Europe to Britain.
10.75x15.25 inches. Framed: 19.25x23.25 inches.
MAYER Luigi (1755-1803)
On the Meuse, Holland.
Watercolour and gouache. Signed ‘Luigi Mayer, Roma, disegna’.
Inscribed by the artist ‘Soborgo situate alle sponde della Mosa (Meuse) in Olanda. Copiato dal disegno originala del viaggio pittoresco del Sig.Cav. Robert Ainslie, fatto nel 1794’.
Mayer accompanied Sir Robert Ainslie (Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1775-1791) on his return across Europe to Britain.
10.75x15.25 inches. Framed: 19.25x23.25 inches.
£1200.
MAYER Luigi (1755-1803) The terrace of a Neo-Classical Palace, possibly Neapolitan or Sicilian. Watercolour and gouache. Circa 1780. After his training in Rome and before his service with Sir Robert Ainslie, Mayer worked for the King of Naples and the Prince of Biscari circa 1780. Provenance: Christies, 18.4, 1989. 15x21 inches. £3000.