| Surname | Hennezel, de | ||
| First Name | Béat Antoine François | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Place of birth | Yverdon (VD) | ||
| Place of death | Paris | ||
| Year of birth | 1733 | ||
| Year of death | 1810 | ||
| Profession | architect | ||
| Religion | Protestant | ||
| Place(s) of activity | Italy | ||
| Century | 18 / 19 | ||
| Biographical information | Son of Antoine Daniel Sigismond Christophe and Marie-Anne Martin. He studied architecture in London and Paris. Later, he directed the construction of several buildings in Yverdon and Neuchâtel. | ||
| Title | Journal de depense faite a Rome, Naples, Florence, Venise depuis le avec les annotations & observations morales, lamentations sur les demandes d’argent par les Italiens, notes peut obligeantes sur plusieurs & notamment sur moi 1792.1793.1794. | ||
| Genre / Art |
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| Period covered | 1794-1807 | ||
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | ||
| Physical description | 7 books. Vol. 1 : 138 p. ; vol. 2 : 209 p. ; vol. 3 : 231 p. ; vol. 4 : 80 p. ; vol. 5 : 130 p. ; vol 6 : 180 ; vol. 7 : 93 p. |
| Content |
The first two volumes concern a trip made by the author to Italy. From Yverdon he travelled to Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice, and several cities in Northern Italy and Italian Switzerland – where he crossed the Gotthard. He recorded his daily activities in the form of a journal (some of which appears to have been written up later from his notes). He talks about cultural excursions (he painted many of the monuments he visted); the knowledge he found in Rome; and the personal relationships he maintained via dinners or evenings spent with certain individuals. Indeed, he made numerous contacts (especially with artists like himself) and in the first volume (p.4) lists the mainly foreign artists he met in Rome. He regularly mentions the state of his finances and records the cost of various everyday items (e.g. food, candles, soap, laundry); as well as meals taken at inns. Occasionally, he writes emotionally about his discovery of Italy and mentions the glorious past of Rome and the degeneration of the arts. |
| Place of deposit | ACV |
| Classification | P Hennezel RM 292.084 |
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Béat de Hennezel, "J'ai retrouvé les bergers de Virgile". Un architecte vaudois en Italie 1792-1796, Texte établi par Robert Netz, Chavannes près Renens : Ethno-Poche 51, 2009, 368 p. |
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| Author | FF |
