Lot 355
  • 355

LIEVEN CRUYL | A) View of St Peter's, RomeB) View of Castel Sant'Angelo, St Peter's in the background

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lieven Cruyl
  • A) View of St Peter's, RomeB) View of Castel Sant'Angelo, St Peter's in the background
  • Both pen and black and brown ink and brown and grey wash over black chalk on vellum;both signed in pen and brown ink, lower centre:  Cruyl.
  • each 125 mm (diameter)

Condition

Both laid down. Overall they are in very good condition. A) there is a small dent/hole in the sky, upper centre. B) very slight buckling of the vellum and a small area of abrasion, upper centre. Otherwise the sheets are relatively free from staining and the media is strong and vibrant.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

Cruyl was in Rome between 1664 and 1673, and in the first year he executed a series of twenty-one large drawings of the city, eighteen of which were in the Hapsburg collection, and are now in the Cleveland Museum of Art1; the remainder of the group are in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam.  A series of views of Rome, engraved after Cruyl, illustrated the fourth volume of J.G. Graevius' Thesaurus Antiquiatum Romanarum, published in Utrecht in 1697.  Two similar drawings by Cruyl, executed from the same viewpoint as the present works on vellum, were sold, Paris, Sotheby's, 8 December 1984, lot 75 (St Peter's) and New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2001, lot 262 (Castel Sant Angelo).

1. see H. Franci, 'Drawings by Lieven Cruyl of Rome', in The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 10, 1943, pp. 152-9