(ROME 1788 - NAPLES after 1842)
A PAIR OF DRAWINGS A) A VIEW FROM VICO EQUENSE B) A VIEW IN NORTHERN AFRICA
A) A VIEW OF THE SORRENTINE PENINSULA FROM VICO EQUENSE
Pen and black ink on very thin wove paper; 205 x 580 mm. Inscribed by the artist Veduta di Vico.
B) A VIEW IN NORTHERN AFRICA WITH CAMELS
Black chalk on wove paper; 210 x 565 mm.
Antonio Senape lived in Rome until 1815, then moved to Naples, becoming a prolific landscape draughtsman, devoted to satisfy the large demand of Vedute in the tradition of Grand Tour. His drawings were mainly views of Naples, Campania, Calabria and Sicily. Senape worked in pen and black chalk, often employing inks of different colours and intensity to suggest distance. His graphic style was rooted in the tradition of 18th century, without being influenced by the new course settled, in landscape views, by the School of Posillipo and by Pitloo and Giacinto Gigante.
