Giuseppe Zocchi (Florence 1711/7-1767 )
Lot 23

Giuseppe Zocchi (Florence 1711/7-1767 )

A view of the Piazza San Marco, in Florence with, from the left to the right, the Casino della Livia, the Casino Mediceo, the Convent of San Marco, the Giardino dei Semplici and the Accademia di belle arti

Closed5 July 2016

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GBP 5,000

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Giuseppe Zocchi (Florence 1711/7-1767 )
A view of the Piazza San Marco, in Florence with, from the left to the right, the Casino della Livia, the Casino Mediceo, the Convent of San Marco, the Giardino dei Semplici and the Accademia di belle arti
pen and grey ink, grey wash, watermark C & I Honig below a fleur-de-lis
13 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (34 x 49.9 cm.)

Specialist note

The rendering of the architecture and the figures is very close to that in The Church and Piazza Ognissanti, Florence now in the Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Inv. 1952.30:11). A small engraved visiting card by Gaetano Vascellini (1745-1805), part of a series based on Zocchi's designs, shows the same view as in the present drawing and might have been inspired by it (see British Museum inv. C,1.3823).