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Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate V
First View of Certain Unidentified Ruins of Roman Antiquity
Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate V
1551
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.7 x 30.1 cm (7 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV) 043; Riggs 22
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; recto, in pencil, upper left: du for Traian; verso, MFA stamp, with accession number in graphite: 59.373
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: V; upper right: EX INCERTIS QVIBVSDAM • RO • ANTIQVITATIS RVINIS, PROSPECTVS 1
ProvenanceJune 9, 1959, purchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)