Bidspirit auction | Restoration Project of the Cathedral

Restoration Project of the Cathedral of Ferrara, 1876 - Watercolor and black ink on wove paper, backed sheet, 810 x 542 mm. Unidentified signature lower left. Mounted on backing. Large watercolor drawing depicting an unrealized restoration project of the Cathedral of Ferrara, with neo-medieval additions and the raising of the bell tower, likely inspired by the volume ”Sulla cattedrale di Ferrara. Cenno storico e studii d’arte” by Ferdinando Canonici, published in 1845 with lithographs by Giovanni Pividor.