Description
Ladislaus Rupp was a Viennese artist and engraver and a mosaicist, best known for his depictions of Italian architecture in etching and aquatint. He was a student of Giacomo Raffaelli in Milan, where he spent most of his life. Rupp produced a series of topographical views of important sites in Italy, probably marketed as souvenirs to foreign visitors on the Grand Tour. He contributed plates to works published by Ferdinando Artaria in Milan, including Il Duomo di Milano (1823) and, with Carlo Gilio, Eglises principales de l’Europe (c. 1830).
Full publication information: L. Rupp dis. dal vero ed inc. Veduta del Pantheon, in Oggi S. Maria ad Martyres Detta la Rotonda. Vue du Pantheon, aujourd’hui l’Eglise de S. Marie ad Martyres Nommé La Rotondo
Condition: Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall light toning and wear. Professionally lightly cleaned and deacidified. Platemark faint but present.
References:
Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. France: Librairie Gründ, 1966. Vol. 7, p. 434.
Stijnman, Ad. “Intaglio Printing.” Papier Restaurierung. Vol. 1 (2000) (Suppl.) pp. 91-92, 109. Online at Google docs. http://cool.conservation-us.org/iada/pr00jb_o.pdf (8 July 2010).
“Veduta del Pantheon, in oggi S. Maria ad martyres detta la Rotonda.” Lombardia Beni Culturali. 12 April 2010. http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/stampe/schede/5r010-00246/ (8 July 2010).
