Lieven Cruyl (Ghent 1640-before 1720)

View of Rome with the Ponte Sant' Angelo crossing the Tiber, the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the distance and the Castel Sant' Angelo on the right

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Lieven Cruyl (Ghent 1640-before 1720)
View of Rome with the Ponte Sant' Angelo crossing the Tiber, the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the distance and the Castel Sant' Angelo on the right
signed and inscribed 'Prospectus Pontis Aelis Aegis Santi Angeli vulgo Pont Sant Angiolo Romae a L. Cruyl delineata' and further signed (?) 'Lieven Cruyl' on a fragment of vellum attached to the verso
pen and grey, brown and black ink, grey wash, on vellum, traces of brown ink framing lines
6 x 8¾ cm. (15.3 x 22.1 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 23 March 2006, lot 252, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

One of a series of drawings which Cruyl executed during his stay in Italy between 1664 and 1677, this sheet shows an elevated view along the Tiber towards the Castel Sant' Angelo and Saint Peter's. Two other drawings of the same view, taken from a lower perspective, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Ashmolean (B. Jatta, Lieven Cruyl e la sua opera grafica: Un artista fiammingo nell' Italia del Seicento, Brussels, 1992, nos. 25 and 27). Thanks to the presence of Bernini's statues of angels on the Ponte Sant' Angelo, the drawing can be dated to after 1669.

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