Ruinae Coliseum, from "Roman Ruins"

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Sebastiaen Vrancx Netherlandish
ca. 1650
Not on view
View inside the Colosseum in Rome, with pool in foreground, and partly ruined columns supporting arches; shrub in foreground on the right.

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Object Information
  • Title: Ruinae Coliseum, from "Roman Ruins"
  • Series/Portfolio: Roman Ruins: Twelve plates (New Hollstein 1095-1106)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Sebastiaen Vrancx (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1573–1647 Antwerp)
  • Date: ca. 1650
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet (clipped impression): 2 11/16 × 4 3/16 in. (6.8 × 10.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.17-379
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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