Southwest View of Lyon

Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck

Basic information

ID: Ж-2516
Author: Charles-Leopold Grevenbroeck
Name: Southwest View of Lyon
Country: France
Technique: oil painting
Material: copper oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 19.2 x 43.2

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: veduta
Plot: City landscape
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.

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