Harvard Art Museums > 1999.124: View of the Arch of Constantine, seen from the Colosseum Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"View of the Arch of Constantine, seen from the Colosseum (Jan Asselijn) , 1999.124,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/212647. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.124 People Jan Asselijn, Dutch (Dieppe c. 1610 - 1652 Amsterdam) Title View of the Arch of Constantine, seen from the Colosseum Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1635-1652 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/212647 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink, gray wash, black chalk, stray white opaque watercolor, stray red pastel, and stray blue-green transparent watercolor stains on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on thick antique laid paper Dimensions 24.1 x 34.6 cm (9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in.) mount: 34.0 x 41.5 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 1021603/1 inscription: on monument, gray ink, in artist's hand: MPCAES CO / AVGVSTO / AGNI.[?]TVI[?]RO / MDET[?]VRAN G[?]ODD / CTIONEVNOT... [illegible] / MPVBLICV...[illegible] / CVM MPHO...[illegible] watermark: none Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Sotheby's, London, 18 February 1991, lot 65], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.124. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.124 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History Around Antique: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (Teaching Gallery) S421, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/14/2010 - 09/04/2010 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2018 - 04/26/2018 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
