Vincenzo Torreggiani (fl. 1742-1770) (artist and etcher)
Venice
Italian: c. 1742-1770
Etching
11.25 x 14.75 inches, plate mark
18.25 x 22 inches, overall
$1,200

View of Venice with a gondola gliding down a canal toward a small bridge as an onlooker watches, leaning on a stone wall.

Vincenzo Torreggiani (or Torrigiani), was an Italian painter and draftsman, known for his perspective views.  Born in Budrio, he worked in Florence, Rome and Bologna.  The quadratures -- frescoed wall paintings -- in the Palazzo Panciatichi, Tuscany, are attributed to him, and he painted a perspective view for the cloister of the Church, Convent and Museum of St. Joseph of the Cappuccini in Bologna.

Condition:  Generally very good with the usual light overall toning.  Very pale foxing, almost imperceptible. Professionally laid on supporting sheet.

References:

Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs.  France: Librairie Gründ, 1966. Vol. 8, p. 348

“Chiesa, Convento e Museo di S. Giuseppe dei Cappuccini in Bologna.” http://www.ospitedibologna.it/musei/Italiano/mus_cappuccini_i.htm (15 February 2005).