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    • Architecture.- Byres (James) Plan of a Temple, built by Cardinal Albani in his Villa near Rome, pen and ink, [c. 1780s]; and another (2)
      Nov. 25, 2021

      Architecture.- Byres (James) Plan of a Temple, built by Cardinal Albani in his Villa near Rome, pen and ink, [c. 1780s]; and another (2)

      Est: £2,000 - £3,000

      Architecture.- Byres (James, Scottish artist, lived mainly in Rome, Grand Tour "cicerone" and art dealer, 1734-1817) Plan of a Temple, built by Cardinal Albani in his Villa near Rome, pen and grey inks, grey wash, with scale and brown ink inscription underneath, ruled black ink border, on laid paper, sheet 730 x 490 mm (28 3/4 x 19 1/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1780s]; together with another sheet with side profiles of the same temple, pen and inks, watercolours washes, ruled black ink border, sheet 490 x 720 mm (19 1/4 x 28 1/4 in), under glass, some marginal repairs to tears, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1780s] (2) Provenance: Purchased by the present owners circa 1980s Private collection, South West England ⁂ A large and highly finished drawing of a Temple from Villa Albani, considered to be an 18th-century masterpiece. The Villa was a vast architectural complex completed in 1763 by the Italian architect, Carlo Marchionni (1702-1786), and the project was heavily influenced by Giovanni Battista Nolli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Johann Joachim Winckelmann; the latter curating the collection of antiquities housed in the Villa. The Villa was to serve as an important source of inspiration for the neoclassical architecture of Sir John Soane and Robert Adam, both of whom visited while on Grand Tours.

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    • JAMES BYRES (SCOTTISH, 1735-1817) Design for a Neo-classical house for Lord Charleville; three sections pen, ink and grey, blue, rose and ochre wash 24 ½ x 39 ¼ in. (62.2 x 99.7 cm.)
      Sep. 13, 2018

      JAMES BYRES (SCOTTISH, 1735-1817) Design for a Neo-classical house for Lord Charleville; three sections pen, ink and grey, blue, rose and ochre wash 24 ½ x 39 ¼ in. (62.2 x 99.7 cm.)

      Est: £1,500 - £2,000

      JAMES BYRES (SCOTTISH, 1735-1817) Design for a Neo-classical house for Lord Charleville; three sections signed and dated 'James Byres Rome 1789' (lower right), and further inscribed with scale and identifcations, watermark for 'J. Honig & Zoonen' pen, ink and grey, blue, rose and ochre wash 24 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (62.2 x 99.7 cm.)

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    • James Byres (c.1765)
      Apr. 27, 2010

      James Byres (c.1765)

      Est: £500 - £700

      James Byres (c.1765) A geometrical elevation of the remains of a temple at Tivoli signed and dated 'Ia. Byres. Fecit./1765' (lower right) and inscribed as title (lower centre) pencil and grey and blue wash 22½ x 34¼ in. (57.2 x 87 cm.)

      Christie's
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