Nikolaus-Bruno Belau (1684-1747)

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Nikolaus-Bruno Belau (1684-1747)

Self-Portrait, full-length, holding a palette and paint brushes, in an antique setting; with views of Rome and the Campagna, including The Temple of Bacio and Saint Agnes, The Claudian Aqueduct, The Baths of Diocletian, The so-called tomb of the Orazi and Curiazi near Albano, Mount Vesuvius, The Colosseum, The Temple of Venus in the Roman Forum, The Pont Lucano near Tivoli and the Temple of the Sybil, The Tomb of Nero near Via Cassia, Portraits and Studies of Animals

the frontispiece signed, dated and inscribed 'Roma.1710 May. NB (in monogram) :f' (recto), many other leaves inscribed; the frontispiece in black chalk, the rest of the sheets in red, black and white chalk, some in pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash
268 x 210mm.

Provenance

Julius Kronberg (1850-1921), and thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Belau was born in Magdenburg and worked in Berlin with Terwesten before he left for Italy. The front cover of the present album mentions that he died in Barby in extreme poverty. A picture of The Banquet of the Emperor Charles VI by Belau is in Hanover.

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