Travellers among Roman Ruins

Pieter Stevens

Artist, Flemish, c. 1567 - 1624 or after

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with red-brown and blue wash, incised for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.1 x 23.6 cm (8 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
    image (diameter): 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.74.15


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max Goldstein, Saint Louis; (Kende (Kennedy?) Gallery, New York, sale May 5 and 6, 1950, no. 68, as Pieter van Slingeland); Julius S. Held, Old Bennington, Vermont; purchased 1983 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 6.

Bibliography

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North America Collections" Central European History xviii (1985) 1:4-13, 70-74, 106.

Inscriptions

lower right of image, in pen and brown ink: PS; in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Pieter Slingeland / Flemish / Sp.27-

Wikidata ID

Q64619659


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