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Part of the Walls of Ancient Rome


Pars murorum Romae veteris
Jan Gerritsz van Bronchorst (Netherlandish, 1603–about 1661)
After: Cornelis van Poelenburch (Dutch, about 1594 or 1595–1667)
Dutch

Medium/Technique Etching
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8123
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 14
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: C. V. Poelenburch Inventor
Lower center, in plate: Pars murorum Romae veteris
Lower right, in plate: I. G. Bronchorst Sculptor.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.