View of the Ruins of the Colosseum, Rome, with Two Seated Figures, Jan Worst, c. 1647 - c. 1650

Title(s)

View of the Ruins of the Colosseum, Rome, with Two Seated Figures

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1884-A-388

Artist

• draughtsman: Jan Worst

Place

Rome (possibly)

Dating

c. 1647 - c. 1650

Physical features

black chalk, with grey and reddish-brown wash; framing line in black chalk (trimmed on left border)

Material

• paper
• chalk
• ink

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 286 mm × width 187 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Acquisition

purchase 1884

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Tekenen van warmte : 17de-eeuwse Nederslandse tekenaars in Italië, p. 129, afb. B