Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (Italian, 1606-1680) Landscape with buildings; View of Rome with the Cloaca Maxima (double-sided work) Ink and wash on laid paper 8 x 11-3/4 inches (20.3 x 29.8 cm) (sheet) Signed lower left: Gio Francesco Grimaldi Property from the William A. Glaser Collection PROVENANCE: Jonathan Richardson Senior (1665-1745), London; Benjamin West, PRA (1738-1820), London; William Mayor (d. 1874), London; John Postle Heseltine (b. 1843), London, acquired from the estate of the above, 1875; Frost & Reed, Ltd., London; Eric Hyde Lord Sexton (1902-1980), New York and Maine; Christie's, New York, January 24, 2001, lot 40; Acquired by the present owner from the above. LITERATURE: J. Hogarth, ed., A Brief Chronological Description of a Collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters of the Different Schools of Europe, from the Revival of Art in Italy in the XIIIth to the XIXth Century: formed by the late Mr. William Mayor, Esq., London, 1875, p. 78, no. 364, not illustrated. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice