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Ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome
Also titled Ruïnes op de Palatijn in Rome
Maarten van Heemskerck (Heemskerk, 1498–1574)
c. 1532 - c. 1537
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 187 mm x width 282 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Heemskerck was captivated not only by contemporary Italian art. This is a splendid example of the many surviving drawings of the remains of classical antiquity that Heemskerck made in Rome. The overgrown ruins underscore the bygone grandeur of the once mighty Roman Empire. In order to make optimum use of the precious paper, Heemskerck drew on the top and bottom of the sheet.
