About this artwork
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.”
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Status
- On View, Gallery 213
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Publisher)
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Title
- Ruins of the Collosseum, plate 10 from The Ruins of Rome
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Place
- Holland (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 1639–1640
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Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
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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.)
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Credit Line
- Hannan Fund
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Reference Number
- 1947.578
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/61061/manifest.json
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