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Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins)
First View from the Ruins of the Baths of Diocletian
Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins)
Etched by: Jan van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1600)
and: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
After: Unidentified artist
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
and: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
After: Unidentified artist
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1561
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 x 32.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number59.377
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Riggs 101; Nalis (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Van Doetecum Family, part II) 207 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Watermark (yes,not yet identified); verso, MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 59.377
InscriptionsLower left, in image, in plate: h. cock excu.
Lower margin, left to right, in plate: EX RVINIS THERMARVM DIOCLITIANI PROSPECTVS VNVS.
Lower margin, left to right, in plate: EX RVINIS THERMARVM DIOCLITIANI PROSPECTVS VNVS.
Provenance1959, sold by Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1959)