Flemish School
16th century
Landscape with View of Colosseum
5 1/2 x 17 3/16 inches (140 x 436 mm)
Pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash and black chalk on laid paper.
2009.342
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Summary
Formerly attributed to Willem van Nieulandt, who was a student of Paul Bril's in Rome, this anonymous, panoramic vedute depicts the colosseum in ruins. At the right side of the sheet, small figures admire it. The forum with the Temple of Venus and Roma is lightly delineated in the background.
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Century Drawings
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