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Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate AA
First View of the Roman Colosseum, Destroyed by the Barbarians
Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate AA
1551
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.9 x 32 cm (9 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. IV) 024; Riggs 2
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: COCK•FECIT•
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 59.354
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: • AA •/COLOSSÆI RO A BARBARIS / DIRVTI, PROSPECTVS • 1 •
ProvenanceJune 9, 1959, purchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)