Image
Description
Maker
- Possibly Jan de Bisschop, 1628-1671, Dutch
Title
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Year
mid 1600s - late 1600s
Medium
Brush and wash over black chalk on paper
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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29.5 x 40.2 cm (11 5/8 x 15 13/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Verso: inscribed in a 19th-century hand in pen and ink: "J. van der Ulft" and "No. 2"
Stamped with the collector's mark of Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon (1803-1882; Lugt 1450); and of Anton Schmid (Lugt 2330b)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a crowned shield with the letters W R below it; countermark: the letters LM (similar to Heawood no. 1822; late 17th-early18th century]
Type
Credit
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Anonymous gift
Object Number
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60.055
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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