Description:

inscribed lower left: D1
brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
330 x 259 mm

Provenance:

Anthony Powell (1835-2021)

Note:

The present sheet depicts a sun-drenched landscape with Italianate ruins and may be dated to after 1629, when Herman van Swanevelt travelled to Rome and joined the painters’ clique known as the Bentvueghels. Although the ruin is unidentified and perhaps a generic formulation, the drawing belongs to the large group of brown wash landscapes which were inspired by Swanevelt’s 12-year stay in the Eternal City and his frequent excursions to the Roman Campagna.

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