The Colosseum in Rome, by Hendrik Voogd, 1797
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The Colosseum in Rome

Also titled Het Colosseum in Rome

Hendrik Voogd (Amsterdam, 1768–1839)

1797

Medium
paper, ink
Classification
drawing
Dimensions
height 495 mm x width 704 mm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Private gift
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

In 1788, two years after Daniël Dupré, Hendrik Voogd also received a grant from the ‘Economic Branch’ of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem, enabling him to work for some time in Italy, where he wound up living until his death. Voogd only rarely made monumental drawings intended as independent works of art, such as this one