Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
A Roman View of the Ruins of the Temple of Venus and Rome with the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine
| Date | 1634 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 52 x 67 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right on the rock: Herman Swanevelt / fecit Roma 1634 |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1993-0004 |
Provenance
Charles Buttler, London; Auc. Christie's, London, 9 Dec. 1988, no. 63; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by the NMWA, 1994.
Exhibition History
- 1883
- Works by the Old Masters, Royal Academy, London, 0 1883 - 0 1883, no. 285
- 1998
- Claude Lorrain and the Ideal Landscape, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 15 September 1998 - 6 December 1998, cat. no. 107
- 2018
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] Views of Rome: Transition in Images and Media, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery, 16 October 2018 - 20 January 2019, cat. no. 1
- 2019
- A Passion for Antiquity: Archeology and Art in the Eighteenth Century Italy, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 2 October 2019 - 17 November 2019, cat. no. 1
Bibliography
- 1996
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 27-28 (April 1992-March 1994), 1996, Kofuku, Akira. New Acquisitions. pp. 25-27, List of New Acquisitions. p. 73, col. repr.
- 2018
- Kofuku, Akira. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. [Tokyo], The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2018, pp. 66-68, no. 16, col. repr.
- 2019
- A Passion for Antiquity: Archeology and Art in the Eighteenth Century Italy(exh. cat.). Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, c2019, cat. no. 1, col. repr.