Details
Willem Romeyn (Haarlem 1624-1692/1694)
View in the Colosseum, Rome
indistinctly signed 'W Romeyn f' (lower right) and with inscription 'Int. Collisee' (upper left)
black chalk, point of the brush and black ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark star with anchor
16¼ x 21 3/8 in. (41 x 54.3 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly Anonymous sale; Bom, Amsterdam, 23 November 1926, where purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena for 5.50 guilders (Inventory book: '238. t. Romeyn Coliseum').
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Hoe Hollandse teekenaars Rome zagen 1500-1840, 1940 (no catalogue published).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 103, pl. 71 (catalogue by J. Giltaij).
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Museum, In de ban van Italië: Tekeningen uit een Amsterdamse verzameling, 1995, no. 26 (catalogue by I. Oud, M. Jonker and M. Schapelhouman).

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