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Lyon. View of the Square with a Fountain

Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck

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Basic information
ID
Ж-2075
Author
Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck
Name
Lyon. View of the Square with a Fountain
Date of creation
1757
Country
France
Technique
oil painting
Material
copper oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
19.5 x 43
Additionally
Type
painting
Genre
veduta
Provenance
the Lubomirski collection
Exposition
Potocki Palace
Information about author
Author
Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck
Author in the original
Charles-Léopold Grevenbroeck
Artist's lifetime
1717–1758/9 (?)
Country
Flanders
Biography
Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck belonged to a family of artists originally from Flanders but working in Italy. His father specialised in "capriccio", fantastic landscapes that include fictional architecture, often with views of waterfronts. Presumably, Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck studied under his father. However, unlike Grevenbroeck the Elder, the artist depicted realistic cityscapes in which he accurately reproduced minor details. Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck was first documented in Milan in 1717, although he became famous later in Paris, where he lived from 1730 to 1743. Later, in 1743, he moved to Naples. In his works, the artist represented the urban life of Western Europe in the mid-eighteenth century with the thoroughness of a documentarian.
Object description
The veduta, a cityscape genre, was popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. In France, as early as the 17th century, veduta artists, mainly of Flemish and Dutch origin, worked as both graphic artists and painters. The Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery collection holds four small vedute painted by Charles Leopold van Grevenbroeck in oil on copper plates, dated 1757. It is believed that these views of Lyon were likely created during one of the artist's trips to France. The artist meticulously executed the work, paying attention to minor details. However, although the painting resembles a view of Lyon, it is impossible to assert with certainty that the depicted city is indeed Lyon. Over the course of three hundred years, the landscape has changed significantly, and Grevenbroeck often presented his own interpretation of the view he was depicting to please the client.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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