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Questo disegno presenta diversi ritratti a cammeo e reca il motto \"splendor septentriones\", che può significare \"lo splendore delle sette stelle\" o \"lo splendore del Nord\". Figure allegoriche dell'antichità classica sono utilizzate per conferire statura e solennità al disegno: Atena o Minerva (dea della saggezza, dell'arte e della guerra) a destra e Asclepio (eroe e dio della medicina) a sinistra, e forse Marco Aurelio a cavallo al centro. Questo disegno è molto simile ad altre tavole commemorative di Smirke risalenti al 1803, come la sua famosa \"La vittoria del Nilo\" (National Portrait Gallery, Londra), incisa da John Landseer, che presenta ritratti a medaglione di Lord Nelson e dei suoi quattordici capitani navali, affiancati dalle figure allegoriche della Fama e del Nilo, in omaggio alla vittoria di Nelson sui francesi nella battaglia del Nilo nel 1798. Questo splendido studio ha una sensibilità e un fascino che si perdono nelle tavole incise, più grandi e formali.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuesto è uno dei due disegni di Smirke che abbiamo in vendita e che abbiamo acquistato in coppia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993199903049,"sku":"JJ-254","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/jj-254.jpg?v=1743155005"},{"product_id":"copperplate-poem-elegy-to-edward-with-mother-child-ink-drawing-1834-jm-014","title":"Poesia su lastra di rame, Elegia a Edoardo, con disegno a inchiostro di madre e figlio – 1834","description":"\u003cp\u003eUn disegno originale a penna e inchiostro del 1834, una poesia in rame elegia a Edward con disegno di madre e figlio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Una toccante poesia elegiaca in splendida lastra di rame, di mano sconosciuta. La poesia medita sulla morte di un bambino di nome Edward ed è scritta in cinque strofe estemporanee. Sul verso del foglio è presente un toccante disegno a penna e inchiostro di una madre e un figlio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51995782840649,"sku":"JM-014","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/JM-014_b67120a0-cf1e-457a-b42b-02d452657164.jpg?v=1777472105"},{"product_id":"william-barrett-satyr-mathematician-cartouche-design-1750-watercolour-jt-552","title":"William Barrett, Satiro e matematico, disegno del cartiglio – acquerello del 1750","description":"\u003cp\u003e Dipinto ad acquerello originale del 1750, William Barrett, Satiro e matematico, disegno del cartiglio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Questo insolito cartiglio, datato 1750, è opera dell'antiquario e chirurgo inglese William Barrett (1733–1789). L'immagine è un curioso ibrido di matematica razionale e di opposta sensualità dionisiaca. Due satiri circondano il cartiglio, con le ali a forma di farfalla, gioco di parole che ricordano il \"satiro\", e reggono forme tridimensionali; la figura al centro è probabilmente Euclide, il matematico greco spesso definito il \"fondatore della geometria\". La composizione è anche un sontuoso esempio di fluido e voluttuoso design rococò, con un tocco di grottesco.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarrett è noto soprattutto per il suo libro \"The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol\" del 1789, illustrato con incisioni su lastre di rame e che si apre con un cartiglio dallo stile simile al disegno in oggetto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acquerello a grisaglia su carta vergata. 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Gli scheletri fungono da promemoria della nostra mortalità, un tema senza tempo affrontato dagli artisti e riconducibile a Socrate e alla sua convinzione dell'importanza di contemplare la propria morte. La composizione è anche un sontuoso esempio di fluido e volute rococò, con un tocco di grottesco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Barrett è noto soprattutto per il suo libro \"The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol\" del 1789, illustrato con incisioni su lastre di rame e che si apre con un cartiglio dallo stile simile al disegno in oggetto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcquerello a grisaglia su carta vergata. 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Da quello che a prima vista sembra un modesto schizzo, si dipana la storia di una delle più importanti femministe del XVIII secolo e di una casa al centro di un ambiente sociale alternativo e bohémien nell'Inghilterra della Reggenza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Benham Park fu la residenza di Elizabeth Craven (1750–1828), scrittrice, drammaturga e scrittrice di viaggi. Elizabeth, nata Berkeley, fu sposata con William Craven, VI Barone Craven, fino alla sua morte nel 1791. Benham, come si vede in questo disegno, fu costruita per William Craven da Henry Holland e Capability Brown nel 1775, progettata in un elegante stile neoclassico. La casa si affaccia sulla pittoresca valle del fiume Kennet a sud, un'area un tempo irrigua, attraversata da diversi corsi d'acqua.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Craven era una celebre padrona di casa dell'alta società e una bellezza straordinaria. 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Tornata in Inghilterra, acquistarono una casa a Fulham, con vista sul Tamigi, che chiamarono Brandenburg House. Qui Elisabetta allestì numerose produzioni teatrali nel suo teatro privato e anche a Benham Park. Spesso queste opere toccavano il tema della condizione femminile nel matrimonio o dell'opprimente usanza dei matrimoni combinati. Lei e la sua cerchia di amici anticonformisti, artisti, musicisti, scrittori, emigrati francesi, arguti e spiritosi, crearono un'atmosfera di allegria e un tripudio di divertimento.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTra questi amici c'era il ricco mercante londinese e affermato artista e attore dilettante John Colley Nixon (c. 1755–1818), che qui ha disegnato Benham Park nel 1800. Nixon recitò in molte delle produzioni di Craven a Benham e a Brandenburg House. Faceva parte dell'ambiente artistico alla moda e fu segretario del bohémien Beefsteak Club, uno dei primi club londinesi. Era un caro amico di Thomas Rowlandson ed era egli stesso un talentuoso caricaturista. Realizzò anche molti disegni topografici e strinse amicizia con il topografo e autore satirico Capitano Francis Grose, che lo accompagnò in uno dei suoi frequenti viaggi in Irlanda. Le sue opere topografiche figurano nella serie \"Seats of the Nobility and Gentry\" e illustrò libri di viaggio, come \"Journey from London to the Isle of Wight\" di Thomas Pennant. Nixon espose alla Royal Academy tra il 1781 e il 1815.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Inchiostro e acquerello su carta vergata color crema. 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