Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza del Popolo (recto)

1664

Lievin Cruyl

Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)

Drawings

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza del Popolo (recto), 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over stylus and graphite; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 38.9 x 49.6 cm (15 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1943.261.a

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Cruyl, Lieven
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over stylus and graphite; framing lines in brown ink
Medium: pen, brown, ink, brush, gray, wash, over, stylus, graphite, framing, lines
Dimensions: Sheet: 38.9 x 49.6 cm (15 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed, lower left, in brown ink: [artist monogram: CL]. INV. et / del: Romæ / 1664. ; by artist, upper center, in brown ink: Prospetto della Piazza del Popolo. ; by artist, throughout composition, in brown ink: [the letters A-O] ; by artist, lower left, in brown ink: A. Obeliscus a Xysto V. erectus. B. Porta Populi ab ALEXANDRO VÎÎ: restaurata. C. Templum S. Maria de / Populo ab Alex. vii. restauratum. D. Cupula praefati Templi varijs intrinsecùs picturis ab Equite / Raph: Vanni factis ab eodem Alex. vii. ornata. E.Turris eiusdem Templi. F. Conventus Fratrum / Eremitarum S. Augustini. G. Platea Forum hispanicum Versus. H. Templum S. Mariæ Montis / Sancti ab Alex: vii. extructum. I. Platea Cursum Versus. K. Templum S. Mariæ Miraculorum / [illegible]dem ab Alex. vii: extructum. L. Platea Ripam Minorem Versus. M. Templum S. Jacobi incurabilium. / [N. Tem]plum SS. Trinitatis Montium. O. Palatium Magni Ducis Etruriæ. ; lower center, in graphite: L[illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: 2
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1943.261.a
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Exhibitions: Origins of the Italian Veduta, Views of Rome, Alessandro VII Chigi (1599-1667): il papa senese di Roma moderna, Siena, Italy. Organizer: Comune di Siena/venue: Il Palazzo Publico located in the Museo Civico (9/15/00 - 1/10/01) "Alessandro VII Chigi (1599-1667): il papa senese di Roma moderna" p 264, no. 162.
Rights Statement: CC0