David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)
David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)

The Trevi Fountain, Rome

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David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)
The Trevi Fountain, Rome
signed and dated 'David Roberts R.A. 1859' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'AM[?] Jany 9th 1854 Fountain of Trevi' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white on two joined sheets of buff paper
13¾ x 19¼ in. (35 x 49 cm.)
来源
(Possibly) David Roberts, R.A. (+); Christie's, London, 13-19 May 1865, lot 368, 414 or 960.

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Whereas the fountain is subsidiary to the church in Roberts' view Piazza Navona, it is his principal focus in the present drawing. Already in the 19th Century the Trevi was an unmissable tourist attraction, into which it was traditional to throw a coin in order to return sometime to Rome. The design is based on Bernini's ideas, with rocks, giant Tritons and Neptune in a winged chariot, the figures of Health and Abundance either side. This one was reworked by Roberts in 1859, as was his frequent practice, to make a more finished and detailed watercolour of an on-the-spot sketch. He reworked many of his Spanish watercolours in 1859 prior to their exhibition by Gambart and this may have prompted him to review other sketches too.

We are grateful to Krystyna Matyjaszkiewicz for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.