Attributed to Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (1653-1736)

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Attributed to Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (1653-1736)

An Italian Town by a River in a hilly Landscape (recto); studies of Italian Towns (verso)

pen and brown ink, grey and blue wash heightened with white, on light blue preparation, black lead framing lines (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), watermark star
231 x 376 mm.

Provenance

Dr. J. Schouten, Delft
with C. Deirkauf, Utrecht, 1962

Literature

D. Bodart, Dessins de la collection Thomas Ashby à la Bibliothèque Vaticane, Vatican, 1975, p. 50, under no. 146

Exhibited

Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 147 (as C. van Wittel)
Utrecht, 1978, no. 117 (as C. van Wittel)
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 167 (as C. van Wittel)

Lot Essay

Dr. Didier Bodart tentatively attributed this to Van Wittel, noting that the recto and verso are based on landscapes by Grimaldi, one of which, from the Ashby collection, is now in the Vatican (Bodart, op.cit., no. 146)

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