Cock, Hieronymus (1518-1570)
EX RVINIS THERMARVM IMP. DIOCLITIANI, PROSPECTVS VNVS [View of the Baths of Diocletian]
Plate from the serie ´Praecipva aliqvot Romanae antiqvitatis rvinarvm, monimenta, vivis prospectibvs, ad veri imitationem affabre designata´ published in Antwerp by Hieronymus Cock in 1551. It depicts the ruins of the thermal buildings of Diocletian in Rome. In the foreground four men engaging a sword fight. Signed lower left ´COCK. F. 1550´, numbered on the top left sky in reverse '9', inscribed on the top right corner:´EX RVINIS THERMARVM IMP. DIOCLITIANI, PROSPECTVS VNVS´ l Etching on paper, very fine conditions, some slight damages on the borders, trimmed within platemark; total: 231 x 333 mm; only state. Hollstein 39, Riggs 18. OM 5 (Cock) / PT01Rome
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