Stierengevecht in de ruïnen van een amfitheatrum, Joannes van Doetechum (I), after Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1554 - c. 1575

Title(s)

Stierengevecht in de ruïnen van een amfitheatrum
Amphitheatrvm sine Arena (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1948-595

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 220-1(2)
• Riggs 120

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 4806

Artist

• print maker: Joannes van Doetechum (I)
• print maker: Lucas van Doetechum
• after design by: Maarten van Heemskerck (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Hieronymus Cock (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

c. 1554 - c. 1575

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 327 mm × width 428 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• bullfight

Acquisition

purchase 1948

Copyright

Public domain

• The Van Doetecum family, Part 2, p. 54, cat.nr. 220
• Maarten van Heemskerck, cat.nr. 590
• Hieronymus Cock (1510-1570) : printmaker and publisher in Antwerp at the sign of the four winds, p. 340, cat.nr. 120