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| Adriaen van der Cabel Self-portrait 1665 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
"Adriaen van der Cabel (or van der Kabel) and his brother Engel, who was ten years younger, must have arrived in Rome in the course of 1660. On 20 August 1665 he made a statement to the Roman police to the effect that he had been in Rome for about five years and worked as a painter 'all Strada della Croce'. He had been arrested the night before on the charge of carrying a sword. He probably started to carry a weapon after an incident on 27 July, when Adriaen had been treated by a doctor for a serious wound to the back of his head. In February of that year he and brother 'Angelo' had already been involved in a fight in the osteria del Cavaletto. Several artists lodged a complaint against them, which was later withdrawn. In the 18th century Van der Cabel was still notorious for his non-conformist lifestyle, his addiction to drink and his rapacious behaviour. His Bentvueghel nickname was Wit. . . . In 1668 the Van der Cabel brothers 'living in France and married there' inherited 25 guilders each. By then they were settled in Lyon, where they had probably stopped on their way south. The first record of Adriaen in Lyon does not, however, occur until 1670, when he is listed as a member of the guild. He remained there until his death in 1705."
– Peter Schatborn, from the catalogue of a 2001 exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, published in English as Drawn to Warmth: 17th-century Dutch artists in Italy, translated by Lynne Richards
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Roman ruins with shepherd and shepherdess ca. 1650-1700 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Ruin on a river 1658 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Scene with ruins ca. 1650-1700 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Italian river landscape ca. 1650-1700 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Italian river landscape ca. 1650-1700 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Italian landscape 1654 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Italian landscape with city wall ca. 1650-1700 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Landscape with farmer and shepherd ca. 1650-1700 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Sketch of idealized landscape with ruined buildings and herdsmen ca. 1650-1700 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Beggar in idealized classical landscape ca. 1670-1700 etching Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Idealized classical landscape with arched bridge ca. 1670-1700 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Young woman with dog in idealized classical landscape ca. 1670-1700 etching Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Veiled woman in idealized classical landscape ca. 1670-1700 engraving Philadelphia Museum of Art |