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Travellers among Roman Ruins

Pieter Stevens

Associated Names

Pieter Stevens

Artist, Flemish, c. 1567 - 1624 or after

The image is a view of ancient ruins in an oval frame, capturing a high perspective. The horizon is positioned high with remnants of towers and structures merging with the sky. Brushstrokes depict detailed textures of the architecture and surrounding foliage. The color palette consists of earthy tones, with hints of blues in the sky. Small figures walk along a path near the ruins, adding scale and life to the scene. In the distance, archways and walls fade into the sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink with red-brown and blue wash, indented with stylus
Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

image (diameter): 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1983.74.16

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1970

Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 48.

1984

Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

Bibliography

1979

Master drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held. Exh cat. Burlington, VT, Robert Hull Fleming Museum 1979: under no. 6.

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 in brown ink: PS; in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: P.Slingeland

Wikidata ID

Q64619660

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