Ancient Ruins
| Object type | Drawing |
| Genre | Ruins |
| Date | 1593-1594 |
| Dimensions | 36 x 25.4 cm |
| Support | Paper |
| Medium | Pen and brown ink, gray watercolor |
| Signature | BRVEGHEL |
| Further inscription | "Septembris 13 - 1593"; Verso, UR: "N° 13 / 4"; Verso, "Paul Brill" (crossed out); Verso, center: "36"; Verso, UC: "N° 8" (18th c.); Verso, right: "3 /-"; Verso, CL: "Colosseum / Brill" (Thomas Ashby); Verso, "294"; Watermark: not described |
| Other authorities | Bailey/Walker cat. #VATI.BA.1 |
| Location | Vatican City |
| Collection | Biblioteca Apostolica |
| Accession numbers | Ashby.Disegni.111 |
| Tags | Ruins |
| External resources | Vatican Library |
British Museum website on describing Roman Ruins, Possibly the Colosseum: "Very similar drawings, showing Roman ruins (possibly showing the Colosseum) and executed in the same loose style and with the same application of the wash, are signed and inscribed by Jan Brueghel. Two sheets in the Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen (inv.nos.3-4) are authentically inscribed "Roma" and "1593" or "1595". A third drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (inv.no.26327, bought at Sotheby's, 26 November 1970) is signed "Brueghel"."