Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Colonna

Lievin Cruyl1664

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Title: Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Colonna
Creator: Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)
Date Created: 1664
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 39.3 x 50 cm (15 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.258
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray and blue wash over stylus and graphite; framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions: signed, lower right, in brown ink: [artist monogram: LC] inv. / 1664 Ag. ; by artist, upper center, in brown ink: Prospetto della Piazza Colonna ; by artist, throughout composition, in brown ink: [the letters A-E] ; by artist, lower left, in brown ink: A. Colonna Antonina, quam Xystus V. misere laceram erigi ussit, ac D Paulo conservavit. / B. Palatium Ecclmi Principis Marij Chisij Fratris Alexandri vii Pont: Maximi. / C Prospectus totius Plateæ Portam Flamineam versus.vulgo (Strada dell'Corso) Voca= / tam. / E Palatia Principis Ludovisij, quorum maius necdum est absolutum. ; VERSO, upper left, in brown ink?: 5 upper left, in graphite: 545 ; ON STRIPS OF PAPER MOUNTED TO VERSO, lower right, in graphite: Albertina 20968 ; lower right, in graphite: #2
Department: Drawings
Culture: Flanders, 17th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: DR - Flemish
Accession Number: 1943.258

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