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Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate F
Seventh View of the Roman Colosseum
Important Monuments of the Ruins of Roman Antiquity, Taken from Life (often called The Large Book of Ruins), plate F
1551
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.4 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7822
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) 029; Riggs 8
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA Parker stamp in purple ink [Lugt 1870], with accession number in black ink: 7821; collector's stamp in red ink, twice: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: COLOSSAEI RO • PROSPECTVS • 7 •; upper right: • F •
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309); November 1897, purchased through the Harvey D. Parker Fund by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)