View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome

Jan Asselijn1639/45

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Title: View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome
Creator: Jan Asselyn (Dutch, c. 1610-1652)
Date Created: 1639/45
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 35.4 x 57.6 cm (13 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 45.6 x 63.8 cm (17 15/16 x 25 1/8 in.)
Provenance: E. W. Wolf, NY, Dr. and Mrs. R. Schermer, Cleveland, Anonymous French collector (old inscription in French on verso). Emil W. Wolf, New York (according to departmental cataloguing sheet and card, and old gallery label in file, not in Lugt); Dr. and Mrs. R. Schermer, Cleveland
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.360
Medium: brush and gray wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in brown ink: Vue du Ponté Rotte a Rome / Dessineé par Asselin ; center, in graphite: A ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible; partially masked] ; lower right, graphite: USI / legsz ; lower right, in brown ink: J Asselin Nº [illegible; partially masked]
Department: Drawings
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Schermer
Collection: DR - Dutch
Accession Number: 1972.360

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