Jan de Bisschop (Amsterdam 1628-1671 The Hague)

View of the Temple of Marius, Rome

Details

Jan de Bisschop (Amsterdam 1628-1671 The Hague)
View of the Temple of Marius, Rome
inscribed 'Castrúm aqúae Julija fronte g hod. falso trophee de Mario.'
black chalk, brown wash, black ink framing lines
9.6 x 15.6 cm.

Provenance

Lord Northwick (1770-1859), and by descent to
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964) (according to an inscription in the collection files)

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Hoe Hollandse teekenaars Rome zagen 1500-1840, 1940 (no catalogue published).
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Museum, In de ban van Italië: Tekeningen uit een Amsterdamse verzameling, 1995, no. 29 (catalogue by I. Oud, M. Jonker and M. Schapelhouman).

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Lot Essay

The Temple of Marius proved a popular subject for Dutch Italianate artists: it appears in a large number of their drawings. A drawing attributed to Jan Worst (active 1655-1686), which was previously in the I.Q. van Regteren Altena collection (Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 December 2014, lot 247), shows the same monument seen from the other side.

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