Hand-colored copperplate, ribbed paper; dimensions: 35.00 x 23.00 cm.
Vincenzo Brenna (1741-1820) Italian architect, painter and draughtsman. He apprenticed with painter Stefano Pozziega and architect Paolo Posi in Rome. From 1767 he made drawings of ancient architectural monuments for Ch. Townley, among others. Together with Franciszek Smuglewicz, he worked on the reconstruction of Pliny's villa for Stanislaw Kostka Potocki, who invited him to Poland in 1780. He made painterly decorations for the Czartoryski and Lubomirski families (including the Pheasantry in Natolin, the castle in Łańcut, the palace in Gruszczyn). He also decorated the interiors of Krasinski Palace. For Stanislaw August he prepared, among other things, designs for the church in Ujazdów and the triumphal arch. In 1783/4 he became active in St. Petersburg. He designed and decorated the summer residences of the heir to the throne.
Giovani Maria Cassini (1745 - 1824) Italian (living in Rome) mathematician, geographer, engraver and cartographer. He was active in the second half of the 18th century and the early 19th century, and is best known as the creator of globes. Considered by some to be the last of the great designers of these beautiful and useful objects. His maps were characterized by fine, accurate engraving and striking cartouches. Little is known about the artist's private life.
