Ettore Roesler Franz
ROMAN STREET WITH VIEW OF THE CUPOLA OF SAINT PETER´S BASILICA
Watercolour on paper
20 x 30.7 cm.
Private collection
E. Roesler Franz - Roma 1901.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome. More on Saint Peter Basilica
Ettore Roesler Franz (11 May 1845 – 26 March 1907) was an Italian painter and photographer. He was among the most prolific Italian watercolorists and vedutisti of the late nineteenth century.
His best known works are a series now known as "Roma Sparita" (Vanished Rome) (See above). It consists of 120 watercolors (roughly 20x30 in.), divided into three sets of forty, and created from 1878 to 1896. They depict parts of Rome that were in danger of disappearing as the city became more urbanized and modern. Many have vanished or changed dramatically, so these works constitute an invaluable historical record. He was also one of the first artists to paint scenes in the Roman Ghetto.
His clients over the following decades included Empress Maria Feodorovna, Kings Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I, and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. He was named a Knight in the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1890. During the early 1900s, he was a regular participant in the Venice Biennale.
Private collection
He died at his home on the Piazza San Claudio, aged sixty-two, and was interred at the Campo Verano. More on Ettore Roesler Franz
Ettore Roesler Franz (Italian, 1845–1907)
Piazza dell'Olmo, Tivoli
Watercolor
53.3 x 75 cm. (21 x 29.5 in.)
Private collection
“Piazza dell'Olmo” once had a large elm tree planted in the center. During the 19th and much of the 20th century many important people and families of the village lived there. In the period between the two World Wars it was the home of about sixty people, especially patriarchal families who worked as tailors or shoemakers. More on Piazza dell'Olmo
Tivoli is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, about 30 kilometres from Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills. The city offers a wide view over the Roman Campagna.
Ettore Roesler Franz
Alleyway of Tivoli
Watercolor on cardboard
24.2 x 15.1 cm
Private collection
Ettore Roesler Franz
SAN GREGORIO (TIVOLI)
Watercolour on Paper
cm. 35x18
Private collection
13 km south-east of Tivoli and about 35 km from Rome, at a height of 651 m, stands the medieval San Gregorio da Sassola, situated in the heart of Prenestini Mounts, in a strategic position on a spur of rock. Know initially as Castel San Gergorio, it owes its name to the Pontifex Gregory the Great (St. Gregory Magno) who owned the whole area and donated the feudal holding to the convent of Sant Andrea al Celio in 587. In this area there was the ancient Aequian settlement of Aefula (mentioned by both Pliny and Livy) which was conquered by the Romans in 401 B.C. More on San Gregorio da Sassola
He was born to a family of German ancestry, that had moved to Rome from Sudetenland at the beginning of the 18th century. After attending a Catholic school, he began his artistic studies at the age of eighteen at the Accademia di San Luca.
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845-1907)
Bufali nella Campagna Romana/ Buffaloes in the Roman Countryside
Watercolor on cardboard
500x700 mm
Private collection
From 1864 to 1872, he was employed at the British consulate, where he met Joseph Severn, an artist who was serving as Consul. It was Severn who first introduced him to watercolors, the medium that would become his preferred technique. In 1875, he and Nazzareno Cipriani developed a proposal that would become the Associazione degli Acquarellisti romani [it] (Association of Watercolorists). Eight other artists would join as founding members: Cesare Biseo, Vincenzo Cabianca, Onorato Carlandi, Pio Joris, Cesare Maccari, Attilio Simonetti, Gustavo Simoni, and the Spaniard, Ramón Tusquets. They had their first exhibition in 1876.
Ettore Roesler Franz, 1845-1907
LIFE IN A ROMAN COURTYARD
Watercolor on paper
30 by 21 1/2 in., 76.2 by 54.6 cm.
Private collection
The house type referred to as the domus (Latin for “house”) is taken to mean a structure designed for either a nuclear or extended family and located in a city or town. The domus as a general architectural type is long-lived in the Roman world, although some development of the architectural form does occur.
In the classic layout of the Roman domus, the atrium served as the focus of the entire house plan. As the main room in the public part of the house, the atrium was the center of the house’s social and political life. More on the domus
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845–1907)
Palazzo Mattei alla Lungaretta in Rome (rione Trastevere), circa 1880
Via della Lungaretta at the corner of Via in Piscinula - Palazzo Mattei on the left
Ward 13 Trastevere , Rome in the Middle Ages
Oil on canvasI have no further description, at this time
The Mattei owned a number of other palazzi that carried the family name including Palazzo Mattei di Trastevere across the Tiber as well as properties in Umbria, the Palazzo Mattei Paganica. More on this painting
Trastevere is the 13th rione of Rome: it is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within the Municipio I. Its name comes from the Latin trans Tiberim, meaning literally "beyond the Tiber". More on Trastevere
Ettore Roesler-Franz (Italian, 1845-1907)
A Roman backstreet, with St Peter's beyond
Watercolour on paper
20.5/8 x 29 in. (52.5 x 73.7 cm.)
Private collection
Ettore Roesler-Franz (Italian, 1845-1907)
A Roman backstreet
Watercolour on paper
15½ x 23½ in. (39.5 x 60 cm.)
Private collection
Ettore Roesler Franz
A fish market in Rome: an arched gate in the shadow, strong light behind it, c. 1875
Watercolour on paper, on cardboard
77 x 53 cm
Private collection
Ancient Rome's Portico of Octavia, built by Emperor Augustus in 23 B.C., gradually fell into ruin and became a fish market in the 12th century. By 1857 Rome was defined largely by its historical roles in the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. It was also the most important destination for wealthy tourists who made the Grand Tour of Europe to view the roots of western civilization. More on a fish market in Rome
Ettore Roesler Franz
Vicolo Capocciuto in the Ghetto (Sant'Angelo district), c. 1880
Continuation of Via Capocciuto in the Ghetto
Watercolour
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
The ghetto of Rome , in Italian : Ghetto di Roma , is a ghetto imposed on the Jews. In July 14, 1555, Pope Paul IV published his bull , Cum nimis absurdum , in which he imposed religious and economic restrictions on Jews and created the ghetto, which continued to exist until 1870 . It was created in the rione Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy and is located near the Tiber and the Theater of Marcellus . With the exception of brief periods under Napoleon I, from 1808 to 1815 and during the Roman Republics from 1798 to 1799 and 1849 , the ghetto of Rome is controlled by the papacy.. It was closed on the occasion of the capture of Rome in 1870. More on Rome ghetto
Ettore Roesler Franz
La Via Rua, in fondo il Portico d’Ottavia, ca 1880
Watercolour
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
Via Rua (Rua is a word analogue to the French rue) was the main road in the old Ghetto. There were active many shops of second-hand clothes.
Sant'Angelo, the smallest of Rome's rioni, lies along the Tiber river east of Tiber Island. Rioni bordering this district, clockwise from north to south, include Regola, Sant'Eustachio, Pigna, Campitelli, and Ripa. Sant'Angelo's western border is the river.
The rione's terrain is low and flat and, until recent times, particularly susceptible to flooding from the river.
The historical significance of Sant'Angelo is mainly the result of the presence here of the Roman Ghetto. More on this painting
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845–1907)
Ponte Rotto in Rome, circa 1880
Watercolour
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
The Pons Aemilius, today called Ponte Rotto, is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC. It once spanned the Tiber, connecting the Forum Boarium with Trastevere; a single arch in mid-river is all that remains today, lending the bridge its name Ponte Rotto ("Broken bridge"). More on Ponte Rotto
His best known works are a series now known as "Roma Sparita" (Vanished Rome) (See above). It consists of 120 watercolors (roughly 20x30 in.), divided into three sets of forty, and created from 1878 to 1896. They depict parts of Rome that were in danger of disappearing as the city became more urbanized and modern. Many have vanished or changed dramatically, so these works constitute an invaluable historical record. He was also one of the first artists to paint scenes in the Roman Ghetto.
Ettore Roesler Franz
ROMAN FIGURE
Watercolour
31.5 X 21CM
Private collection
His clients over the following decades included Empress Maria Feodorovna, Kings Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I, and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. He was named a Knight in the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1890. During the early 1900s, he was a regular participant in the Venice Biennale.
Ettore Roesler Franz, Italian 1847-1907
ARCO DI GIANO E SAN GIROGIO IN VELABRO, ROMA
Watercolour
75.5x53cm.; 29¾x21in.
San Giorgio in Velabro is a church in Rome, Italy, devoted to St. George.
The church is located next to the Arch of Janus in the rione of Ripa in the ancient Roman Velabrum. According to the founding legend of Rome, the church was built where Roman history began: it is here that the she-wolf found Romulus and Remus. The ancient Arcus Argentariorum is attached to the side of the church's façade.
San Giorgio in Velabro is the station church for the first Thursday in Lent. More on San Giorgio in Velabro
He died at his home on the Piazza San Claudio, aged sixty-two, and was interred at the Campo Verano. More on Ettore Roesler Franz
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