Ruins on the Palatine with a Panoramic Landscape

1550

Hieronymus Cock

Associated Names
Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

The image shows ancient ruins captured from an elevated viewpoint with a horizon marked by distant mountains and a sun casting rays across the sky. In the distance, there are ruins and old structures, with detailed remnants of architecture in the foreground, surrounded by foliage. The scene is depicted with cross-hatching and fine lines, creating a delicate etching-like appearance. The monochromatic palette emphasizes details and contrast, while clouds fill the sky above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.3 x 28.1 cm (8 x 11 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.80.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 34

  • Series Title

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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. 34.

1971

  • Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 13.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate (in clouds): .L.; upper right in plate: RVINARVM PALATII MAIORIS CVM / PARTE SEPTIZONY PROSPECTVS .3.; lower right in plate: HIRONIMVS / COCK.FECIT / 1550

Wikidata ID

Q75125912

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