The Baths of Diocletian, 1550

Not on View

series Title

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

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 39

Accession Number

1994.80.19

Artists / Makers

Hieronymus Cock (artist) Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

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.