Houses on the Tiber

1600·Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper·27.4 × 42 cm (10 13/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. John L. Strauss

Catalogue

Year: 1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 27.4 × 42 cm (10 13/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Gaspar van Wittel

Artist

Gaspar van Wittel

Painting

Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel, known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli or Gasparo degli Occhiali, was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in Rome, Papal States. He played a pivotal role in the development of the genre of topographical painting known as veduta. He is credited with turning topography into a painterly specialism in Italian art.

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