Ruins of the Collosseum, plate 10 from The Ruins of Rome

1639/40

Bartholomeus Breenbergh
Dutch, 1598-1657

A painter of Roman landscapes and history subjects, Breenbergh arrived in Rome in 1619 and founded the Netherlandish artists’ fraternity there in 1623. Returning to Amsterdam, he made about thirty small etchings around 1639-40. This is one of a series of seventeen devoted to “Various ruined buildings within and without Rome.”

Status: On View, Gallery 213
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Publisher)
Title: Ruins of the Collosseum, plate 10 from The Ruins of Rome
Place: Holland (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1639–1640
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 10.4 × 6.4 cm (4 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 6.8 cm (4 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Hannan Fund
Reference Number: 1947.578
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