The Septizonium and the Colosseum
probably 1550
Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570
Hieronymus Cock

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.4 x 32 cm (8 13/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1994.80.18
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 38
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1994, no. 53); (Christopher Mendez, London via David Tunick, New York); purchased 1994 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2007
Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 Vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: vol. IV (Cock), no. 38.
1971
Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 17.
Inscriptions
upper left in plate: .P.; upper center in plate: SEPTIZONII SEVERI IMP CVM CONTIGVIS / RVINIS, PROSPECTVS VNVS,; lower right in plate: COCK.F.
Wikidata ID
Q75125947