Fifth View of the Colosseum, 1550

Not on View

series Title

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

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 30.5 x 22.4 cm (12 x 8 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 27

Accession Number

1994.80.7

Artists / Makers

Hieronymus Cock (artist) Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in plate: .D.; upper center in plate: COLOSSAEI.RO.PROSPECTVS.5.; lower left in plate: H. COCK.FE / 1550; lower left in plate: 154[6?] (effaced)

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher
Tunick, Inc., David

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. 27.

1971: Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 6.