View of Ponte Mammolo, a bridge in the background, a tower with ramp in the middle ground, a man with a walking stick in the foreground, from the series 'The Ruins of Rome'

View of Ponte Mammolo, a bridge in the background, a tower with ramp in the middle ground, a man with a walking stick in the foreground, from the series 'The Ruins of Rome' by Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in. (10 x 6.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.660

Tags

TowersBridgesMenWalking

About the Artist

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Probably was apprenticed in Amsterdam. He was one of the early Dutch italianates, that is, northern artists who travelled to Italy in the 1620s and were inspired by southern landscapes. On his return, he settled in Amsterdam and his landscapes were developed as more severe and monumental, often with historical subjects; strongly influenced by the Pre-Rembrandtists. Comment on works: Landscapes; Ru...

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