Willem van Nieulandt II. Lot n° 2031

Willem van Nieulandt II. Capriccio with Temple of Vesta in Tivoli and Riders in the Foreground Oil on panel. 41 x 36.5 cm. Certificate Jan de Maere, Rambrouch, 28th February 2022. Provenance Dorotheum, Vienna, 1st April 2008, lot 265 (attributed to Willem I van Nieulandt). The round temple dedicated to Vesta at Tivoli was a popular motif in 17th century art, discovered and painted by Jan Breughel the Elder as early as the late 16th century on his trip to Italy. Like Brueghel, Willem van Nieulandt also traveled to Rome in 1601. Subsequently, he specialized in landscapes with ancient ruins and monuments. The present work, previously attributed to his father Willem I van Nieuland (see RKD database, no. 185746), is, according to the latest findings, the work of his son. Jan de Maere and Joost Van der Auwera (oral communication) agree in dating the painting to the 1620s.