The Clivus Scauri in Rome

General Info

Object Type:

Drawing

Genre:

Ruins

Dimensions:

26.2 x 20.4 cm

Medium:

Bistre

Medium Remarks:

Pen and bistre

Support:

Paper

Signature:

"Gio Breughel fect Roma 15 - Novembs : 1594 / Therma(e) Diocletianes"

Signature location:

verso

Further Inscription:

"Den Fluweele Brúegel ft" (18th ce?); Verso, hand of collector Esdaile: "John Call'd velvet Brueghel / ex collect. Lord hampdens WE"; "3191" and "Pr Breughel"

Year:

1594

Location/Last Sold:

Paris, France, Fondation Custodia (Collection Frits Lugt), inv. #7879

Attribution

Bailey/Walker cat. #PARI.LC.2

Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Provenance

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18th century to 19th century	England	Lord John Hampden
Jun 9 1827 to Jun 27 1827	London, England	His Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #28
18th century to 19th century	London, England	William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
	London, England	T. Ellis
Mar 12 1963		His Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #67
20th century	Paris, France	Frits Lugt (Lugt 1028)
1963	Paris, France	Acquired by Institut Neerlandais

Additional Information

Bibliography

Sotheby's 1962-63, p. 31 (repr.)

Florence 1966-67, nr. 20, pl. XI

Gelder 1967, pl. 27

Chiarini 1966, p. 436

Bodart 1970, vol. 1, p. 245-8

London/Paris/Bern/Brussels 1972, nr. 12, p. 15-7, pl. 21

Winner 1972, p. 129

Winner in Brussels 1980, p. 211, nr. 150

Bedoni 1983, p. 35

Ruby 1997, p. 43f

Los Angeles/The Hague 2006-07, p. 8, fig. 6

Ruby in Munich 2013, p. 41, nr. 93

Sotheby's 1962-63, p. 31 (repr.)

Florence 1966, nr. 20, pl. XI

Gelder 1967, pl. 27

Chiarini 1966, p. 436

Bodart 1970, vol. 1, p. 245-8

London/Paris/Bern/Brussels 1972, nr. 12, p. 15-7, pl. 21

Winner 1972, p. 129

Bedoni/Meijer/De Vecchi 1983, p. 35

Los Angeles/The Hague 2006, p. 8, fig. 6

Ruby 2013, p. 41, nr. 93

Exhibition History

Florence 1966-67, nr. 20

London/Paris/Bern/Brussels 1972, nr. 12

Brussels 1980, nr. 150

Amsterdam 1987, under nr. 86

Munich 2013, nr. 93

Discussion

2 Comments

Christine Liu

Sat, 2013-11-02 17:00

This brick-arched street that ran from the Piazza SS. Giovanni e Paolo to the Via di S. Gregoria would provide a backdrop for mythological scenes and allegories throughout Jan’s career.

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Elizabeth Honig

Sun, 2014-08-03 17:00

There are numerous other drawings of this same site by other Northern artists: Willem van Nieulandt, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Tobias Verhaecht. Ruby suggests that they were all working from, or inspired by, a lost drawing by Matthijs Bril. See Ruby in Munich 2013, p. 41 and note 25.

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

The Clivus Scauri in Rome

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	John, Lord Hampden (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-9 June 1827, from nr. 28) William Esdaile (L. 2617 in pencil) T. Ellis, London (sale, London, Sotheby's 12 March 1963, nr. 67, repr. to Agnew) F. Lugt (L. 1028), acquired in 1963

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Pieter Bruegel Site

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