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

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 22.3 x 28.3 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.375
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV) 045; Riggs 24
Signed Signed in plate, lower left: H . COCK . F .
Marks No watermark; verso, MFA stamp, with accession number in graphite: 59.375
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: INCERTE CVIVSDAM RVINE PROSPECTVS •; upper right: Y


ProvenanceJune 9, 1959, purchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)