Antique Master Print-BATHS-DIOCLETIAN-ROME-SEGHERS-Van Nieulandt (II)-1618

The ruins of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome. To the left of it a few houses. In the foreground, two men sit on large pieces of debris. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes based on a series of prints by Willem van Nieulandt.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Willem van Nieulandt (II).

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Image size: 15.7 x 9.8 cm. (6.18 x 3.86 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Ataached to carrier sheet. Light staining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BATHS-DIOCLETIAN-ROME-SEGHERS | PCO-E17-28

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Roman Ruins and Coastal Landscapes (Series 1) (Series Title) published by Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). This etching forms the bais for one of the etchings by Hercules Seghers.

Reference: Hollstein English 183, Note: Claes Jansz Visscher; Hollstein Dutch 64, Note: Willem van Nieulandt; Hollstein English 22, Note: Willem van Nieulandt, copy.

Biography artist: Willem or Guiliam van Nieulandt, sometimes Nieuwelandt (1584-1635) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver, poet and playwright from Antwerp.