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Carlo Labruzzi BIOGRAPHY
1747/48 - 1817. Known for: Painting.
Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748. Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by... Read full biography
Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748. Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by whom he was engaged as a companion-guide on his journey along the Via Appia. Colt Hoare wished to... Read full biography
Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748. Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by whom he was engaged as a companion-guide on his journey along the Via Appia. Colt Hoare wished to describe the monuments encountered along the way and Labruzzi was commissioned to execute drawings of them. During this journey Labruzzi completed a vast body of drawings of which today 226 are in the... Read full biography
Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748. Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by whom he was engaged as a companion-guide on his journey along the Via Appia. Colt Hoare wished to describe the monuments encountered along the way and Labruzzi was commissioned to execute drawings of them. During this journey Labruzzi completed a vast body of drawings of which today 226 are in the Vatican Library while another 188 are in the collection of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome. A third series of about 400 sheets was on the English art market in 1960, and a part of this collection is now conserved in the British Museum. Carlo Labruzzi... Read full biography
Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748. Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by whom he was engaged as a companion-guide on his journey along the Via Appia. Colt Hoare wished to describe the monuments encountered along the way and Labruzzi was commissioned to execute drawings of them. During this journey Labruzzi completed a vast body of drawings of which today 226 are in the Vatican Library while another 188 are in the collection of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome. A third series of about 400 sheets was on the English art market in 1960, and a part of this collection is now conserved in the British Museum. Carlo Labruzzi passed away in 1817.
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Carlo Labruzzi was born around 1747/1748.
Labruzzi specialised in painting landscapes with historical connotations. In 1789 he met the English Grand Tourist, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838) by whom he was engaged as a companion-guide on his journey along the Via Appia.
Colt Hoare wished to describe the monuments encountered along the way and Labruzzi was commissioned to execute drawings of them. During this journey Labruzzi completed a vast body of drawings of which today 226 are in the Vatican Library while another 188 are in the collection of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome.
A third series of about 400 sheets was on the English art market in 1960, and a part of this collection is now conserved in the British Museum.
Carlo Labruzzi passed away in 1817.