Pietro Ducros

Pietro or Pierre Ducros (1745 or 1748 [conflicting sources; see Talk tab] – February 1810 in Lausanne) was a Swiss-Italian painter and engraver active in Rome

(Note: this person may possibly be the same man as Louis or Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros: See topic on Talk tab above.)

He trained in Switzerland, and mainly produced landscapes, moving to Rome as an adult, where he formed a friendship with Giovanni Volpato. Together, they assembled a series of vedute of the city and surrounding countryside. He then joined with Paolo Montagnari or Paolo Montagnari-Mirabili (which is probably a copying error for Paolo Montagnani [see Talk tab on Pietro Paolo Montagnani Wiki-page] aka, in full, as Pietro Paolo Montagnani, or Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili, a known engraver and publisher ) to publish 24 vedute of Sicily and Malta. Both these publications met with success.

The series published probably around 1789 by Montagnari included vedute of "Palermo, near Monreale"; of the "Theater of Taormina"; of the "Etna volcano"; of the "Amphitheater of Siracusa", of the "Interior of the city of Messina after the earthquake of 1783", and of the "Port of the galleys of the Arsenal of Malta".

He retired and died in Lausanne.

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  1. ↑ Bryan, Michael; Williamson, George Charles (1903). Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers. Vol. II: D-G (new revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 95 – via New York Public Library. DUCROS, PIERRE, a Swiss landscape painter in oil and water-colours, and an engraver, was born in 1748. He lived for a considerable time at Rome, and painted views of that city and its environs. He executed in a masterly manner twenty-four views of Sicily and Malta, besides numerous drawings made during his sojourn in Italy, some of which are of large dimensions. He died at Lausanne in 1810.
  2. ↑ Prof Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Dizionario Biografico Universale [The Universal Biographical Dictionary] (in Italian). Vol. I–II. Milano: Manuali Hoepli. p. 707. Ducros Pietro (1745-1810), svizzero, fu pittore a Roma; m. a Losanna
  3. ↑ Olivier-Poli, Gioacchino Maria (1824). Continuazione al Nuovo dizionario istorico degli uomini che si sono renduti piu' celebri per talenti, virtu', scelleratezze, errori, ec., la quale abbraccia il periodo degli ultimi 40 anni dell' era volgare (in Italian). Vol. III. R. Marotta e Vanspandoch. p. 399. DUCROS (Pietro) (1745-1810), pittore paesista ed incisore, nacque in Svizzera nel 1745. ... e morì a Losanna nel mese di febbraio 1810.
  4. 1 2 Olivier-Poli, Gioacchino Maria (1824). Continuazione al Nuovo Dizionario Istorico degli uomini che si sono renduti piu' celebri per talenti, virtu', scelleratezze, errori, ec., la quale abbraccia il periodo degli ultimi 40 anni dell' era volgare [Continuation of the New Historical Dictionary of people who have made themselves most famous for talents, virtues, wickedness, errors, etc., which covers the period of the last 40 years of the common era] (in Italian). Vol. III. Napoli: R. Marotta e Vanspandoch. p. 399.
  5. ↑ Labitte, Adolphe, libraire de la Bibl. Nat. (1877). "Beaux-Arts" [Fine Arts]. Catalogue d'une collection de beaux livres anciens et modernes, ornés de figures et très-bien reliés, sur les Arts, la Littérature et l'Histoire. (Cat. de vente - Drouot) [Catalogue of a collection of fine ancient and modern books, decorated with figures and very well bound, on the Arts, Literature and History. (Sales Cat. - Drouot)] (in French). Paris. p. 9. 69. Monumenti antichi inediti, notizie sulla' antichità e belle arti di Roma. In Roma, presso Paolo Montagnari-Mirabili,1803, in-4, figures, demi-rel. bas.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Bryan, Michael; Williamson, George Charles (1904). Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers. Vol. III : H-M (of 5 vols.). New York : Macmillan. p. 356 – via New York Public Library; Archive.org. MONTAGNANI, Pietro Paolo, engraver, was born at Rome in 1740. With P. Ducros he engraved twenty-four views of Sicily and Malta.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  7. 1 2 Verdone, Mario (1956). Carriera romana dell'acquarellista Du Cros, (in Italian). [The Roman career of watercolourist Du Cros] in Strenna dei Romanisti, Vol. XVII, 1956, pp. 208-209 (pp. 145-146 in scan)
  8. ↑ Guattani, Giuseppe Antonio (1784). Monumenti antichi inediti, ovvero, Notizie sulle antichità e belle arti di Roma per l'anno . [Unpublished ancient monuments, news on the antiquities and fine arts of Rome.] (in Italian). Vol. VII. Getty Research Institute. In Roma : Nella stamperia Pagliarini. pp. 6, 8. OCLC 1049634599; (Imprint for vol. for 1805: "In Roma : Presso Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili"){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  9. ↑ Agassiz, Daisy (1927). "Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Du Cros : peintre et graveur, 1748-1810" [Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Du Cros : painter and engraver, 1748-1810]. Revue Historique Vaudoise. Vol. 35e année. (in French). Lausanne: Éditions Spes.: 13. doi:10.5169/seals-27797. Retrieved 2023-04-15 – via E-Periodica (ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich) (in German). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ Chessex, Pierre (1982). "Quelques documents sur un aquarelliste et marchand vaudois à Rome à la fin du XVIIIe A.L.R. Ducros (1748-1810)" ["Some documents on a watercolourist from Vaud and merchant in Rome at the end of the 18th century A.L.R. Ducros (1748-1810)]. E-Periodica (ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich). Revue Historique Vaudoise, n° 90 (in German and French): 63. doi:10.5169/seals-67210. Retrieved 2023-04-22.