Follower of Willem Adriaensz. van Nieulandt II, called Terranova

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Follower of Willem Adriaensz. van Nieulandt II, called Terranova
The Castel Sant'Angelo and the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome, seen from across the Tiber, with Saint Peter's and the Vatican beyond, elegant travellers disembarking from a barge in the foreground

with the date lower left 1611, oil on panel
46.8 x 71.2 cm

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Lepke Berlin, 21 March 1934, lot 672, as Paul Bril
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, circa 1935

Lot Essay

Formerly attributed to Paul Bril, the present lot is rather to be dated to circa 1650 and possibly inspired by the etching by Van Nieulandt, number four in the series of Views of Rome (Hollstein, 9).

The picture gives an impression of Rome before the major works by Bernini were executed, notably on the Vatican and on the Ponte Sant'Angelo

See colour illustration

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