The Baths of Diocletian

1550

Hieronymus Cock

Associated Names
Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

The image shows an etched view of ancient ruins, possibly the Baths of Diocletian. The ruins dominate the scene with detailed stone textures under swirling clouds. Birds fly in the distance. The monochrome color palette emphasizes the form and texture of the ruins. Figures add scale to the architecture. Vegetation grows on the structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.4 x 33.6 cm (9 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.80.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 39

  • Series Title

    Views of Roman Ruins: pl. Q [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

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

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. 39.

1971

  • Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 18.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: .Q.; upper center to upper right in plate: EX RVINIS THERMARVM IMP DIOCLITIANI, PROSPECTVS VNVS,; lower left in plate: .COCK.F.1550

Wikidata ID

Q75125949

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