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Lot description
(Davesco 1815–1884 Turin) Turin, a view of the Basilica of Superga, signed, dated C. Bossoli.1847, tempera on cardboard, 50 x 40 cm, framed Provenance: Private Collection, Italy, for two generations. Catalogued and illustrated in: Ada Peyrot, Carlo Bossoli - Luoghi, personaggi, costumi, avvenimenti nell’Europa dell’Ottocento, visti dal pittore ticinese, Turin 1974, p. 117, no. 141. The Basilica of Superga, situated on a hill nearly seven hundred metres high near Turin, ranks among the most significant works of Filippo Juvarra (1678–1736), the architect who shaped Turin in the eighteenth century. The view depicted shows the hill to the rear, presenting the basilica from the side of the adjoining monastery.