Attributed to Willem Schellinks (Amsterdam 1627-1678)

A street near Porta Paolo, Rome

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Attributed to Willem Schellinks (Amsterdam 1627-1678)
A street near Porta Paolo, Rome
with inscription 'No. 4 Bij Porto Paulo' (on the verso) and further inscriptions 'Straat bij Porto Paulo te Romen' (verso) and 'W. Schellings' (on the mount)
black chalk, brush and brown and grey wash, brown ink and partially graphite framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily and countermark cross with letters IHS (name of Jesus)
33.8 x 46.5 cm.

Provenance

Hendrick Croockewit (1784-1863), The Hague; van Pappelendam and Schouten, Amsterdam, 16-17 December 1874, lot 166 ('W. Schellings, une rue près de Porto Paolo à Rome. au lavie d'encre Brune.').

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Lot Essay

According to the inscription on the verso, this drawing shows a street near the Porta Paolo, called Ostiense, by the Aurelian wall.
A drawing by Herman van Swanevelt (1603/4-1655) showing the same composition, with the house on the hill on the right not yet in ruins, is in the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (inv. MAS 2045; A.C. Steland, Herman van Swanevelt, I-II, Petersberg, 2010, no. Z 2.83, fig. Z 71).

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