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Dimensions: measurements note 58.8 by 99.2 cm.; 23 1/4 by 39 1/8 in.
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Notes: PROPERTY FROM A DECEASED'S ESTATE
German by birth, Lingelbach had settled in Amsterdam with his family by 1634. He is recorded as being in Rome by 1647 where he quickly adopted the style of the bamboccianti (a group of northern artists in Rome led by Pieter van Laer); however, given that no dated works prior to 1650 survive, it is hard to determine his early style. By 1653 he had returned to Amsterdam where he continued painting scenes in the italianate manner, though the present work diplays fewer of the traditional Roman ruins which are scattered in many of his other paintings. With its bustling foreground and gentle recession towards a tranquil horizon, this painting may be compared to a signed and dated work from 1665 offered New York, Christie's, 27 January 2000, lot 53.
A larger version of this composition, also signed, and with only minor differences, is in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.υ1
1. See Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien. Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna 1991, p. 76, reproduced plate 527.
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