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Fourth View of the Roman Colosseum


Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate C
Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1551

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 23.5 x 30.6 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.5 x 29.8 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7821
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. IV) 026; Riggs 5
Signed Not signed
Marks No watermark; recto, in graphite, lower center below platemark: Engraving of about 1550; verso, MFA Parker stamp in purple ink [Lugt 1870], with accession number in black ink: 7821; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: COLOSSÆI • RO • PROSPECTVS • 4 •; upper right: • C •
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased through the Harvey D. Parker Fund by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)