Lot 633: GIUSEPPE SPAMPANI

GIUSEPPE SPAMPANI LIVORNO CIRCA 1768 - 1828 GENEVA THE INTERIOR OF A CLASSICAL TEMPLE, WITH A GROUP OF FIGURES ADMIRING THE TOMBS AND MONUMENTS Pen and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white, on paper washed brown; bears old inscription cut out from a 19th century mount, re-attached to the backing : Joseph Spampani fecit Roma 1803 370 by 503 mm; 14 5/8 by 19 3/4 in

Very little is known about the work of Spampani who is recorded as a decorative artist mainly working in Milan and Geneva.