View of Lyons, Looking South from the Hill of St Sebastian Towards the River Saône

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Artist/Maker	Anton Van Den Wyngaerde (artist)
Place of origin	France (drawn)

Panoramic view of Lyons, looking south from the hill of St. Sebastian, in pen and ink. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	View of Lyons, Looking South from the Hill of St Sebastian Towards the River Saône (published title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and brown ink, over black chalk Pen Brown Ink Black Chalk Paper
Brief description	Drawing, 'View of Lyons, Looking South from the Hill of St Sebastian Towards the River Saône', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, c. 1552-3
Physical description	Panoramic view of Lyons, looking south from the hill of St. Sebastian, in pen and ink. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.
Dimensions	Drawing height: 139mm (at widest point) (Note: H. 139 x W. 436 mm. Measured by A. Greig 01/08/2017) Drawing width: 436mm (widest point)
Production type	Unique
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. 601.19, illus. p.530-531.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	8455:19

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O807268/view-of-lyons-looking-south-drawing-anton-van-den/

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