Johann Jakob Wolfensberger (Rumlikon 1797-1850 Zurich)

Born in Switzerland, Wolfensberger trained in Naples and moved to Rome in 1825. He stayed there for seven years and from 1832 he travelled widely in Greece, Italy and the Middle East, before settling in London in 1841. Another view of the Colosseum by Wolfensberger, with the Villa Medici beyond, was sold at Christie’s, Paris, 29 March 2012, lot 173.