Recto: (left) View of Part of Valencia; (right) A Study of Murviedro (Sagunto) thumbnail 1
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Recto: (left) View of Part of Valencia; (right) A Study of Murviedro (Sagunto)

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

Panoramic view of Valencia, showing the Torres de Serranos in pen and ink. On the same sheet and on the back details of statuse, inscriptions etc. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views. On two sheets.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Recto: (left) View of Part of Valencia; (right) A Study of Murviedro (Sagunto) (published title)
  • Verso: Details of Buildings, Roman Statues, Inscriptions, etc. at Murviedro (Sagunto) and Valencia (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink
Pen
Brown Ink
Paper
Brief description
Drawing, Recto: '(left) View of Part of Valencia; (right) A Study of Murviedro (Sagunto)', Verso: 'Details of Buildings, Roman Statues, Inscriptions, etc. at Murviedro (Sagunto) and Valencia', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, 1563
Physical description
Panoramic view of Valencia, showing the Torres de Serranos in pen and ink. On the same sheet and on the back details of statuse, inscriptions etc. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views. On two sheets.
Dimensions
  • Height: 190mm (uneven) (Note: H. 154 x W. 618 mm. Measured by A. Greig 01/08/2017)
  • Width: 562mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in brown ink: with identifying names throughout the sheet (left to right, top to bottom), houte bruge / Spelhuisen / water / Duc de gandre / nicosicion S Lorenzo / el Seaon / p Saranes / Do¯ Lois forreros / S Bertoleme / groen / water / el Carmene; further inscribed on right section (turned 90° to the left), Molvedra Dese Letteren morisca staan aen een porte Bij de / maert en y (crossed out) ser gehouden / This is followed by two lines of Arabic script; followed by, een dorp petres / Dit de graven van de / moren sij Setten Water / en[de] honich opt graf om / Dat Sy meynen dat / De geesten dye doot / Syn alle morgen daer / af Compt eeten en / drincken / honich / Water.
  • Inscribed on verso, in brown ink: on left section (turned upside down), P de quart / P nove; on central section (turned 90° to the right), monvedra / Buto¯ estos een sepulchre Antique / beside Arabic script in a panel / M · ACILIVS · L· F / FONTANVS / ERIPVIT NOBEIS (‘E’ crossed out) VNDE VINSVMVS (corrected to vicesimus) ANNVS / INGRESSVM IVVENEM MILITIAN CVPIDE / PARCÆ FALLVUNTVR FONTANV QVE RAPVERVNI / CON (corrected to cum) SIC PERPETVO FAMA FVTVRA VIRI / in Valencien Leuen de / gesien en hadde eene / vois gelick eenen beer / Coloseon in Monvedra / S. Salvador buten Mo¯vedra; and on right-hand section, estos statvos se hanteran / nel Castiellio famozo de monvedrea / En slot van molvedra / ADOMIRAN Die was Capitaayn / van den 500 mannen die aan Solomons / temple Wrochten desen sel adoniran / was gesonden in Segonsia nou / geheete monvedro als Ambasador / van keysers wegen en is hier gestorven / en was soo groot dat syn been vande / knye meer waerts Lanck was / vier palmen dyt was syn Sepultur / in holzens( ?) gesreven / DIS MAN / CEMIN MIFINES / ANNO XXX / L BAER PARDVS / DE SE MERITA / CALPVRNIOM / GAL LVPERCO / AED II VIR / PONTIFIO / MANLIA C·N·F / PONTIF SALIO / D D .
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. 601.22, illus. p.535.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
8455:22

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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