ROMAN SCHOOL (c.1790-1810)

THE TOMB OF CAECILIA METELLA, ON THE VIA APPIA
Watercolour with pencil,  heightened with touches of bodycolour
38.5 x 52 cm
 
 
 
 
The present work was likely painted by an artist in the immediate circle of Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros and Franz Kaisermann. Possible names include the little-known Antonio del Drago or possibly the young Kaisermann himself.