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Jan de Bisschop

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius,

Maker

  • Jan de Bisschop

Title

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

Medium

wash technique

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Brush and wash over black chalk on paper

Techniques

  • Brush and wash over black chalk on paper

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

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

60.055

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius
The Caestus Pyramid near Rome

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

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]

Publications

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

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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