Lot 302
  • 302

Willem van Bemmel

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Willem van Bemmel
  • Ruins of the Colosseum
  • Pen and gray ink and wash;bears old attribution in black chalk, verso: W.van Bemmel.
  • 335 by 231 mm; 13¼ by 9 1/8  in

Condition

Hinge mounted to a modern mount. There is some minor staining to the upper edge and a light brown stain to the left of the upper section of arches. There is a small hole to the centre of the right edge. The drawing remains in otherwise good condition, with the medium fresh and vibrant throughout and the image strong. Sold unframed.
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Catalogue Note

Willam van Bemmel's style owes much to Anthonie Waterloo, in particular the latter's views in North Germany, in which gray wash is more prominent and to his fellow Utrecht draughtsman, Herman Saftleven.  The von Bemel dynasty of Nuremburg artists were descended from him.  For more on Van Bemmel's drawings of Italian subjects, see Peter Schatborn, Drawn to Warmth, 17th-century Dutch Artists in Italy, Amsterdam 2001, pp. 144-6