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First View of Various Ruins from the Capitol


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

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 22.8 x 32.5 cm (9 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.372
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV) 042; Riggs 21
Signed Not signed
Marks No watermark; verso, MFA stamp, with accession number in graphite: 59.372
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: • T •; upper right: EX VARIIS APVD CAPITOLIVM / RVINIS, PROSPECTVS • VNVS •; center left, on triumphal arch: IMP • CÆR • LUCIO • SEPTIMIO • IV/FIL • SEVERO • PLO • PERTIN[in reverse]ACI/ARABICO
ProvenanceJune 9, 1959, purchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)