Ruins of an Amphitheater

Gilles Neyts

Associated Names
Gilles Neyts

Artist, Flemish, 1623 - 1687

The image shows a rugged and rocky landscape with natural rock formations. The view is from a slightly elevated perspective with intricate lines creating texture and depth using cross-hatching for shadows. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of gray. A jagged rock formation with sparse vegetation is seen in the foreground, leading into a darker recess in the distance suggesting a cave. A solitary figure is seated towards the right, providing scale to the natural formations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9 x 13.1 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 x 28.2 cm (7 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.235

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Rafael, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 22, 1984; Christmas gift from Ruth Kainen to her husband, Jacob Kainen, 1984; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q76341237

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