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A Late 18th, Early 19th Century Framed Drawing of Rue de Campo Vaccino, Rome; by Jacques Francois Amand

Red chalk on paper. Signed lower left, J Aman, and inscribed with title. Jacques Francois Aman, French (1756-1844)
A quiet and still view of the Rue de Campo Vaccino, forming part of the Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino literally translated as the ‘Cow Pasture’, a farmer and his cow lie to the bottom left hand corner), alongside the silhouetted architectural forms such as the temple of Castor.

Provenance:
From the collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre, Paris

Height: 61cm, 24″
Width: 53cm, 29″

£6,000