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Drawing

ca. 1625-1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Back of the Church of St. Lorenzo, Rome; Pen and sepia; Signed G. F. Bolognese.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and sepia
Pen
Sepia
Drawing
Brief description
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco; Back of the Church of St. Lorenzo, Rome; Pen and sepia; Signed; Bolognese School; ca. 1625-1680.
Physical description
Back of the Church of St. Lorenzo, Rome; Pen and sepia; Signed G. F. Bolognese.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3in
  • Width: 20.3in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Bolognese School
Marks and inscriptions
Signed G. F. Bolognese.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subject depicted
Church
Place depicted
Church of St Lorenzo, Rome
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p. 56, cat. n. 714, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: GRIMALDI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO called il Bolognese (1606-80) 714 View of the Isola Tiberina and the church of S. Bartolomeo, Rome, from the south, across the Tiber Inscribed in ink in an old hand 'Gio: P. Bolognese'; and on the back in pencil in a later hand 'Back part of the church of S. Lorenzo within the gates of Rome' Pen and ink; semicircular in shape with the top cut away 11 3/8 x 20 3/8 (290 x 518) Dyce 312 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 312 (as by Grimaldi) The church is wrongly identified as S. Lorenzo in the inscription and in the Dyce Catalogue
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.312

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
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