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CONVENT OF LA MADONNA DEL SASSO ABOVE LOCARNO IN SWITZERLAND ,Historical Swiss Views,1835 Antique Engraving,Topography of Switzerland CONVENT OF LA MADONNA DEL SASSO ABOVE LOCARNO IN SWITZERLAND ,Historical Swiss View,1835 Antique Engraving Collectible Art Print At Orselina, the pilgrimage church Madonna del Sasso with its Capuchin monastery is towering high above Locarno. It enjoys a spectacular view of the town beneath and the Lago Maggiore and is built at the very site at which the Virgin Mary appeared to the Franciscan monch, Bartolomeo d'Ivrea. The monastery's museum hosts a remarkable collection of sacred art. The church of Madonna del Sasso can be reached by road, the Via ai Monti della Trinità, or by a cable railway departing from Via Ramogna near the Locarno train station. ABOUT THE ARTIST - William Henry Bartlett, (born in London, 26 March 1809; died at sea off Malta, 13 Sept 1854) was an English draughtsman, active also in the Near East, Continental Europe and North America. He was a prolific artist and an intrepid traveler. His work became widely known through numerous engravings after his drawings published in his own and other writers' topographical books. His primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and by means of established pictorial conventions to render 'lively impressions of actual sights', as he wrote in the preface to The Nile Boat (London, 1849). Bartlett's several views of Scotland bear the date of 1837, and as Nathaniel Parker Willis stated, "Bartlett could select his point of view so as to bring prominently into his sketch the castle or the cathedral, which history or antiquity had allowed". Most views contain some ruin or element of the past including many scenes of churches, abbeys, cathedrals and castles. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period as it is for the representation of the landscape. PUBLISHED DATE 1835 PUBLISHER GEORGE VIRTUE ARTIST FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY W.H. BARTLETT ENGRAVED BY FISHER PAGE SIZE: approx 10 3/4 ins x 8 ins IMAGE SIZE: approx 7 1/4 ins x 4 3/4 ins - There is 1-2 inches of border to the print . CONDITION: SteelEngraving . Excellent Condition. The print is blank on reverse side. Heavier paper. Suitable Ageing. As Scanned. N° de ref. del artículo 11082
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