Vue de l'eglise de St. Jean Lateran et de celle de Ste. Marie Majeure, not before 1784. Morel, François, approximately 1768- printmaker. [not before 1784] Basilica of St. John Lateran The view after a painting by German landscape painter Jacob Philipp Hackert is taken from the countryside outside of Rome. It depicts the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano) and the rooftop and domes of Santa Maria Maggiore. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso. Imprint: Rome, chez George Hackert, Place d'Espagne. Dedic
Vue de l'eglise de St. Jean Lateran et de celle de Ste. Marie Majeure, not before 1784. Morel, François, approximately 1768- printmaker. [not before 1784] Basilica of St. John Lateran The view after a painting by German landscape painter Jacob Philipp Hackert is taken from the countryside outside of Rome. It depicts the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano) and the rooftop and domes of Santa Maria Maggiore. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso. Imprint: Rome, chez George Hackert, Place d'Espagne. Dedicated to Prince Youssoupoff [Nikolai Borisovisch Yusupov?]. Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt collected prints, published works, drawings and paintings thematically focused upon the city of Rome. Her collection included views, plans, maps of Rome and depictions of the inhabitants of the city in popular costume. As intense urban development under Mussolini transformed Rome in the 1930's, interest in the city's past grew among certain circles in Rome. Pecci-Blunt's collection came to be known as "Roma Sparita" because of its nostalgic focus on the Rome of a bygone era. Pecci-Blunt marked many of the prints in her collection with her collector's marks. Small, circular marks found on the recto of the prints, typically in the lower right corner, display Pecci-Blunt's family coat of arms, a comet, encircled with the text: "Coll. A. L. Pecci Blunt." Circular marks on the verso of the prints, typically in the lower center, denote Pecci-Blunt's name for her collection, "Roma Sparita." The stamps contain the text; "Roma Sparita, ," (with space for adding an inventory number), encircled with additional text "Collezione Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt."
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