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Possibly Jan de Bisschop

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, mid 1600s - late 1600s

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

Materials

  • wash technique

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

29.5 x 40.2 cm (11 5/8 x 15 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

60.055

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Theatre That Was Rome

April 9 - July 11, 2004

Treasures on Paper

June 13 - August 19, 1989

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

Recent Accessions

April 23 - May 28, 1961

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