Lot 152: Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Gibert (French, 1803-1889)

The Salt Marshes, Ostia
oil on paper laid down on canvas
13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm.)

Paris, Emmanuel Moatti, Jean Baptiste Gibert 1803-1883, October-November 2001, no. 17.

Collection of the artist and thence by descent to the artist's family. with Emmanuel Moatti, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late John R. Gaines.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN R. GAINES

Located at the mouth of the Tiber river, the salt beds around the town of Ostia were originally built by the Etruscan kings, and the terrain has produced an excellent quality of salt since antiquity. In this sketch, Gibert captures the vast expanse of the flat terrain which recedes into the distance.