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Gigantic stone and concrete aqueducts charge across the countryside outside of Rome, built by the ancients to bring water from the hills. All fell into decay as the city withered during the early middle ages. A few were rebuilt in the sixteenth century, but most, like this, remained in ruins, broken open and used for storage or as a convenient perch for a house.
The Aqueduct of Mezza Via
Bartholomaeus Breenbergh (Dutch, about 1598–1657)
1640
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.7 x 6.8 cm (4 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 10.2 x 6.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 10.2 x 6.5 cm (4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number53.459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Gigantic stone and concrete aqueducts charge across the countryside outside of Rome, built by the ancients to bring water from the hills. All fell into decay as the city withered during the early middle ages. A few were rebuilt in the sixteenth century, but most, like this, remained in ruins, broken open and used for storage or as a convenient perch for a house.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 8; Hollstein 08, i/ii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceCraddock & Barnard, London; from whom purchased May 14, 1953