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Recto: View of the Lagoon (Albufera) and Harbour (El Grao) of Valencia

Drawing
1563 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Anton Van Den Wyngaerde (artist)
Place of origin
Spain (drawn)

Panoramic view of the harbour of Grao in pen and ink. On the reverse: sketches of two fragmentary statues. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Recto: View of the Lagoon (Albufera) and Harbour (El Grao) of Valencia (published title)
  • Verso: Two Fragmentary Roman Statues at Murviedro (Sagunto) (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink
Pen
Brown Ink
Paper
Brief description
Drawing, Recto: 'View of the Lagoon (Albufera) and Harbour (El Grao) of Valencia', Verso: 'Two Fragmentary Roman Statues at Murviedro (Sagunto)', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, 1563
Physical description
Panoramic view of the harbour of Grao in pen and ink. On the reverse: sketches of two fragmentary statues. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102mm (Note: H. 106 x W. 143 mm. Measured by A. Greig 01/08/2017 )
  • Width: 143mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in brown ink: with identifying names and features (from left to right, top to bottom), el grau de Valenciae / barcaros / mar.
  • Inscribed on verso, at lower centre, in brown ink, DIS MAN.
Object history
Joannes Moflin (d.1586/7), Bergues; Dr Henry Wellesley (1791–1866), Oxford; his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 25 June 1866, 10th day, lots 1738–56: ‘ANTONIO VANDEN WYNGAERDE, 1558. The following Drawings were executed at the expense of the famous Printer, Plantin, of Antwerp. The English portion of the Collection is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, being part of the Illustrations to the “SUTHERLAND CLARENDON”’ (to ‘Holloway’ for £5. 0s. 0d);1 J.C. Robinson (1824–1913), London; by whom lent to the museum, 8 May 1879, and from whom purchased as part of a group of 301 items for a total of £6,800 in two instalments, 28 May 1879 and 15 April 1880.
Bibliographic references
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 601.23, illus. p.537.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
8455:23

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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