Eighteen Views of Rome: The Castel Sant'Angelo

Lievin Cruyl1665

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Title: Eighteen Views of Rome: The Castel Sant'Angelo
Creator: Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)
Date Created: 1665
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.4 x 48.8 cm (15 1/8 x 19 3/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.268
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over graphite; squared in graphite; framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions: signed, lower right, in brown ink: [artist's monogram: LC] RVYL del. / Romæ mense / Feb: 1665. ; by artist, upper center, in brown ink: Prospetto dell' Castel, e Ponte S. Angelo, antiquamente, Mole Adriana ; by artist, throughout composition, in brown ink: [the letters A-E] ; by artist, lower left, in brown ink: A. Castrum S. Angeli, olim Sepulchrum Adriani Imperatoris. / B. Pons S. Angeli. / C. Basilica S. Petri. / D. Palatium Vaticanum cum Viridario celeberrimo, quod dicitur, Belvedere. / E. Xenodochum S. Spiritus. ; VERSO, upper left, in brown ink [illegible] [partially masked] ; ON STRIPS OF PAPER MOUNTED TO VERSO, lower center, in graphite: A20985 ; lower right, in graphite: E. 14
Department: Drawings
Culture: Flanders, 17th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: DR - Flemish
Accession Number: 1943.268

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