Italy - Belgirate / Lake Maggiore / Piedmont; Luigi Rados (1773 – 1840) & Gaetano Berettini (1753 – 1818) - VEDUTA DI BELGIRATE / Sul Lago Maggiore, tra Arona, e le Isole Borromee - 1801-1820

Splendid, rare and impressive Neoclassical view of the village of Belgirate, entitled "VIEW OF BELGIRATE. On Lake Maggiore, between Arona and the Borromean Islands", etched in aquaforte by Luigi Rados (1773–1840) from a drawing by Gaetano Berettini (1753–1818), published in Milan by the publisher Gioacchino Bettalli around 1810.
The composition offers a fascinating and idyllic overall view of the Piedmont shore of Lake Maggiore. In the foreground on the left rises a monumental noble villa perched above the rocky shore, animated by a group of figures and fishermen busy repairing fishing nets and guiding a boat on the waterline. The viewer’s gaze is guided along the line of the coastal settlement, opening onto the lake’s surface where small boats sail, framed in the background by the characteristic mountains and the profiles of the Lombard shores. The work is distinguished by the very high quality of the engraved line and by a magnificent and refined coloration typical of watercolor, which imparts great luminosity, atmospheric depth and vivid color to the scene. The details of the foreground figures display the typical style of Milanese artistic collaborations of the early nineteenth century. A sheet of extraordinary visual impact and extremely rare on the antiquarian market, uncommon and highly sought after by collectors of Verbano iconography and of the great Italian lake views.

Dimensions 43 x 56 cm
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