Ruines du Monastère de Cozzafani, dans L’ Isle de Chypre
Creator:
Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827
Date:
ca. 1799
Medium:
Inscriptions:
Pirinted below the image: 3. Vol., No. 104, Dessine par L. F. Cassas [ Drawn by L. F. Cassas], Grave par Dupreel [Engraved by Dupreel], Ruines du Monastere de Cazzafani, dans l' isle de Cypre [ Ruins of the Monastery of Cazzafani, on the island of Cyprus.]
Description:
Louis Francois Cassas was sent to the Near East by his patron Ambassador to the Porte Choiseul-Gouffier to produce sketches for his forthcoming book Le Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, Palestine et la Basse Egypte. He came to Cyprus in 1785 on his way from Alexandretta to Egypt because of a storm. Six engravings of views of Cyprus are included in Choiseul-Gouffier’s book. Cassas made thirteen illustrations of Cyprus; two of these are still missing and references in the French archives indicate that these were of Amathus. The engraving delineates a portico with a Greco-Roman sarcophagus under it. The Gothic cloisters of Bellapais Abbey lie behind. There is lush vegetation and a group of figures in conversation. For more, please see the watercolour of Ruines du monastere de Cozzafani.
Dimensions:
46 x 30 cm
Signature(s):
Unsigned
Subject:
Architecture, Religious Architecture, Monasteries, Cyprus Antiquities, Sarcophagi, Roman, People, Decoration And Ornament, Art, Gothic
Identifier:
PNT-00077
Provenance:
From the book Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte
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Rights Holder:
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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