Jean Baptiste VINCHON (Paris, 1787 - Ems, Allemagne 1855)

Jean Baptiste VINCHON (Paris, 1787 - Ems, Germany 1855) A1. View of Tivoli, paper mounted on canvas, 29,5 x 45 cm. A2. View of the Santa Scolastica Monastery in Subiaco, paper (?) mounted on canvas, 34.5 x 49 cm. A3. Study of clouds, paper mounted on canvas, 29 x 43.5 cm. A4. The tribune of a church, paper mounted on canvas, 23 x 21.5 cm. A5. View of the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, paper mounted on canvas, 23 x 22 cm. A6. Gardens of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, paper mounted on canvas, 31.5 x 50 cm. A7. Courtyard of a palace, paper mounted on canvas, 26 x 19.5 cm, 1 cm wooden addition on the left. A8. Interior of a cave, paper mounted on canvas, 27 x 21.5 cm. A9. Interior of the Cave of Neptune, at Tivoli (?), paper mounted on canvas, 27 x 21 cm. A10. View of the Monastery of the Sacro Speco in Subiaco, paper mounted on canvas, 27 x 22 cm. A11. Villa in height, paper mounted on canvas, 30,5 x 21,5 cm, wooden addition of 1.5 cm on the right. A12. View of the Villa d'Este, in Tivoli, paper mounted on canvas, 30 x 22 cm, wooden addition of 1.5 cm on the left. A drawing made from the same point of view by Fragonard (Les grands cyprès de la villa d'Este, ca. 1760) is kept in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besançon. A13. Patio with statue, paper mounted on canvas, 24.5 x 19 cm, wooden addition of 1 cm on the left. A14. Medieval tower near a ravine with a small bridge, paper mounted on canvas, 22,5 x 20 cm. A15. Entrance to the outfall of Lake Albano, paper mounted on canvas, 27 x 22 cm. Engravings of the site by Stefano Piale and Antoine Marie Chenavard. The outfall of Albano is an ancient evacuation canal to prevent the overflow of the waters of the lake. A16. View of the Muro Torto, paper mounted on canvas, 27 x 21.5 cm. A17. Path in the valley, paper mounted on canvas, 10 x 24 cm. A18. Stream, paper mounted on canvas, 10 x 24 cm. A19. Shaded Ruin and Stairs with a Man on the Left, mounted on canvas, 27 x 21 cm. A20. Statue in the garden of a villa or on a Roman road (?), paper mounted on canvas, 27.5 x 21 cm. A21. Artist's room at the Villa Medici overlooking the Trinité-des-Monts, paper mounted on canvas, 30 x 44 cm. The framing with the window of a boarder's room evokes several other paintings all dated 1817, thus contemporary to our view, and where we find this motif: The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Reading the First Letter from His Family, by Léon Cogniet (Cleveland, Museum of Art), L'Atelier de Picot by Jean Alaux dit le Romain, (private collection) and Léon Pallière in His Room at the Villa Medici, Playing the Guitar, by the same Jean Alaux (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019). Charles Wrightsman, 2019). Vinchon depicted himself in his bedroom (sale of the Mary Sayles Booker Braga collection Sotheby's, New York NY, USA, October 19, 2015, no. 127). A22. Lady under a Parasol near a Waterfall, paper marouflé on canvas, 30 x 22 cm, 1.2 cm addition at right. A23. Italian Courtyard, paper mounted on canvas, 30 x 22.5 cm, addition of less than 1 cm on the left. A24. Village in the vicinity of Tivoli, paper mounted on canvas, 30 x 45 cm.