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Recto: Panoramic view of Antequera

Drawing
1567 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Anton Van Den Wyngaerde (artist)
Place of origin
Spain (drawn)

Panoramic view of Antequera in pen, ink and watercolour, formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Recto: Panoramic view of Antequera (published title)
  • Verso: A Detail of Landscape of Antequera (published title)
Materials and techniques
Recto: pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over black chalk. Verso: pen and brown ink, with grey wash.
Pen
Brown Ink
Grey Wash
Black Chalk
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Recto: 'Panoramic View of Antequera', Verso: 'A Detail of Landscape of Antequera', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, 1567
Physical description
Panoramic view of Antequera in pen, ink and watercolour, formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.
Dimensions
  • Height: 273mm (Note: H. 273 x W. 857 mm. Irregular edges measurement taken from the longest and widest points Measured by A.Greig 01/08/2017)
  • Width: 835mm
On two sheets, with some loses
Style
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in brown ink: at upper centre, ANTEYQVERA; in the lower left corner, 3 La – ...ra, above a one-column key, whose corresponding letters are scattered throughout the sheet, A La Vera Cruyx (Cruz) hermyta / B Sta maria glesia magior / C Sto Augustin / D La madre de dios / e S. franco / f Los Carminios (Carmelites) / g Sto Chrystofel (Cristobál) hermyto / H Sto Sebastyan / I molynes / K nre Sra de Bellon; and further inscribed throughout the sheet (from left to right, top to bottom), el…(paper loss)scar / aerde / groen / water.
  • Inscribed on verso, by Moflin, in brown ink, Antyquera (turned 90° to the left) / Antiquera (turned 90° to the right)
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. 601.2, illus. p.504-505.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
8455:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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