Colossaei. Ro. Prospectus. 3 (Third View of the Colosseum in Rome)

c. 1561

Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Artist, Italian, c. 1520 - 1583

Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 × 32.6 cm (8 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.2 × 33.1 cm (8 3/8 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.74.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix: no. 1

Inscriptions

upper left in image: B; upper center in image: COLOSSAIE. RO. PROSPECTUS. 3.; lower center in image: BATISTA. P. V. F.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: rf 17599

Wikidata ID

Q77008463

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