Attributed to Willem van Bemmel, Dutch 1630-1708- Italianate landscape with ruins and travellers; oil on canvas, bears later inscription 'Wilhelm Bemmel' to the reverse of the frame, 46.5 x 64.5 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 28th October 1987, lot 64. Note: Van Bemmel studied in Utrecht under Herman Saftleven (1069-1685), before travelling to Italy, where he became known as a member of the 'Bentvueghels', a group of Flemish and Dutch artists working in Rome in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The significance of Van Bemmel's time in Rome is evident in the romantic Italianate landscapes which the artist subsequently produced, and which define the artist's output, as in his landscape in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna [GG_5748].

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