Collection Online as of May 31, 2023

(Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)

Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink

Support: Cream(3) laid paper; paper strips mounted to the perimeter of the verso

Sheet: 38.8 x 48.7 cm (15 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1943.271

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right, in brown ink: [artist's monogram: LC] RVYL delin. Romæ / mense Martio 1665. ; by artist, upper center, in brown ink: Prospetto della Chiesa della Compagnia di JESU. ; by artist, throughout composition, in brown ink: [the letters A-H] ; by artist, across bottom, in brown ink: A. Templum Domus Professæ Soc: JESU. B. Cupula eiusdem. C. Collegium Soc: JESU. D. Palatium S. Marci. E. Palatium Alterierorum. F. Palatium Cardina= / lis Mazarini. G. Templum et Conventus Fratrum Minoritarum Aræ Coeli. H. Capitolium Romanum. I. Fons propè Capitolium ab Alexandro VII. restau= / ratus. K. ; ON STRIPS OF PAPER MOUNTED TO VERSO, lower center, in graphite: A20981 ; lower right, in graphite: E. 18

Citations

Scott, John Beldon. "Instrument of Persuasion: The Facade of the Gesù ."In he Holy Name: Art of the Gesù : Bernini and His Age. Linda Wolk-Simon, ed., 83-96. Philadelphia: Saint Joseph’s University Press, 2018. Mentioned: p. 85; Reproduced: p [94], fig.4

Exhibition history

Views of Rome. American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (organizer) (October 13-November 20, 1989).

Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Eighteen Views of Rome: The Church of the Gesù

Lievin Cruyl

Location

Inscription