Lot Essay
For a drawing formerly attributed to Watteau which seems to copy the central part of this drawing, see P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat op. cit..
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The Monastery of Santa Balbina on the Aventine, with the Baths of Caracalla to the left (recto); The Temple of Venus (verso)
Details
Dutch School, 17th Century
The Monastery of Santa Balbina on the Aventine, with the Baths of Caracalla to the left (recto); The Temple of Venus (verso)
black chalk, brown wash, traces of chalk framing lines, watermark anchor in a circle with a star
18.2 x 39.4 cm.
The Monastery of Santa Balbina on the Aventine, with the Baths of Caracalla to the left (recto); The Temple of Venus (verso)
black chalk, brown wash, traces of chalk framing lines, watermark anchor in a circle with a star
18.2 x 39.4 cm.
Provenance
Unidentified collector's mark C.B. (L. 495).
with J.H.J. Mellaart, London; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in April 1927 for 40 guilders (Inventory book: '309. t. Callot De Aventijn').
with J.H.J. Mellaart, London; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in April 1927 for 40 guilders (Inventory book: '309. t. Callot De Aventijn').
Literature
P. Rosenberg, L.-A. Prat, Antoine Watteau: 1648-1721, Milan, 1996, III, under R 188, fig. R 188a (as J. Callot (?)).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Hoe Hollandse teekenaars Rome zagen 1500-1840, 1940 (no catalogue published).
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Het Franse landschap: van Poussin tot Cézanne, 1951, no. 149 (as Jacques Callot; catalogue by B. Dorival et al.).
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Het Franse landschap: van Poussin tot Cézanne, 1951, no. 149 (as Jacques Callot; catalogue by B. Dorival et al.).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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