Bartholomeus Breenbergh
Dutch, 1598-1657
Ruins of the Colosseum, plate 10 from The Ruins of Rome
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Bartholomeus Breenbergh
Dutch, 1598-16571639/40
Ruins of the Colosseum, plate 10 from The Ruins of Rome
Bartholomeus Breenbergh Dutch, 1598-1657 →etchingprint
Date
1639/40
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 10.4 × 6.4 cm (4 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 6.8 cm (4 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Hannan Fund
A painter of Roman landscapes and history subjects, Breenbergh arrived in Rome in 1619 and founded the Netherlandish artists' fraternity there in 1623. Returning to Amsterdam, he made about thirty small etchings around 1639-40. This is one of a series of seventeen devoted to "Various ruined buildings within and without Rome."
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