1665
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Eighteen Views of Rome: The Campo Vaccino (The Roman Forum) is a 1665 by Lievin Cruyl, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a wide view of an old cityscape with crumbling ruins in the middle. Buildings line both sides of a long, straight road filled with tiny figures—some walking, some riding horses. The ruins look like broken columns and arches, while the background has taller, more intact structures. The title says this is the Roman Forum, a famous spot in Rome. The artist packed in lots of details, like tiny trees and people, to show the scale of the place. Next, look up Baroque to see how this busy, dramatic style shaped art.
Lievin Cruyl or Lieven Cruyl was a Flemish priest and a draughtsman and etcher of landscapes, seascapes, and architectural views.
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