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The Arch of Septimus Severus Seen from the West

The Arch of Septimus Severus Seen from the West

Object type Drawing
Genre Ruins
Date ca. 1594
Dimensions 19.7 x 26.8 cm
Support Paper
Medium Pen and brown ink
Further inscription UR: "180"; Verso, "Breenbergh" and "Calles/Tion/Rosam"; Verso, "Brenberg"
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Bailey/Walker cat. #NY.MM.3
Location New York, NY, United States
Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession numbers inv. #2010.526
Tags Ruins
External resources Metropolitan Museum of Art
Egger 1931, vol. 2, possibly p. 13, nr. 4
Lugt 1949, vol. 1, possibly p. 17, nr. 356
Dorotheum 2010, nr. 142 (as Bartholomeus Breenbergh)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," April 29, 2014–July 14, 2014
Before 1931 Vienna (Probably) Jurié von Lavandal
Jun 2 2010 Vienna Sale, Dorotheum, Lot #142 (as "Bartholomeus Breenbergh")
2010 Munich Sale, Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel (Vendor)
2010 Munich Bought by Metropolitan Museum with Frits and Rita Markus Fund
Paige Walker
September 30, 2013

According to the Metropolitan Museum website, this drawing was formerly attributed to Bartholomeus Breenbergh and is after Matthijs Bril the Younger.

E.A. Honig
October 26, 2013

This drawing bears many old inscriptions: At upper right, inscribed "180" in graphite (19th- or 20th-century handwriting). On the verso: at lower left, inscribed "Breenbergh" in graphite (19th-century handwriting); below, inscribed " Calles/Tion/Rosam" in graphite (19th- or 20th-century handwriting) ; at lower right, inscribed "Brenberg" in black chalk or graphite (18th- or 19th-century handwrititng). On the verso of the old mount (preserved in the object file): "Prenberg?/Bril (crossed out) Bril Matijs?/Antwerpen 1540/+ Rom 1584" in graphite (19th-century handwriting). Information from Metropolitan Museum website.