View of the Colosseum, probably 1550

Not on View

Views of Roman Ruins: pl. AA [Hollstein 22-46]

etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.4 x 32.4 cm (9 3/16 x 12 3/4 in.)

Hollstein, no. 24

1994.80.3

Hieronymus Cock (artist) Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

upper left in plate: .AA. / COLOSSAEI RO A BARBARIS / DIRVTI, PROSPECTVS .I.; lower center in plate: COCK.FECIT.

(sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1994, no. 53); (Christopher Mendez, London via David Tunick, New York); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Mendez, Christopher
Tunick, Inc., David

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. 24.

1971: Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 2.

2018: Oberthaler, Elke, et al. Breugel: The Hand of the Master. Exh cat, Vienna, 2018: 179, fig. 4.