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Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate P
First View of the Septizonium of the Emperor Septimius Severus, with Adjacent Ruins
Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate P
1551
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.9 x 31.5 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.368
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish vol. IV) 38; Riggs 17
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: • COCK • F •
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA stamp, with accession number in graphite: 59.368
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: • P •; upper center: SEPTIZONII SEVERI IMP CVM CONTIGVIS / RVINIIS, PROSPECTVS VNVS,
ProvenanceJune 9, 1959, purchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)