Lot 247: View of the Temple of Marius, Rome

Attributed to Jan Worst (Amsterdam active 1655-1686) View of the Temple of Marius, Rome with inscription 'tot Rooma' (verso) black chalk, grey wash, grey ink framing lines 8 x 10½ in. (20.1 x 26.6 cm.)

20.1 x 26.6 cm.

The same monument, seen from the other side, and with an inscription 'Trofeo di Mario', appears in a drawing in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem (H.J. Scholten, Musée Teyler à Haarlem: catalogue raisonné des dessins des écoles française et hollandaise, Haarlem, 1904, no. Q*30, as W. de Heusch). That study was attributed by van Regteren Altena to Jan Worst, and indeed the handling of the grey wash in the present drawing has much in common with the style of the Ponte Rotto by Worst, sold in the first van Regteren Altena collection sale at Christie's, London, 10 July 2014, lot 62. There are also similarities in the contrast between the wash itself and the fine, dark outlines of the monument, as well as in the delicate rendering of the fine undergrowth on the ruin. We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for suggesting the attribution to Jan Worst.