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Travellers among Roman Ruins

Pieter Stevens

1596

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Ruins

Dominant colour

Travellers among Roman Ruins is a 1596 ink by Pieter Stevens, a Renaissance work, depicting Ruins, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Pieter Stevens
When & what style?: 1596 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This sketch shows Italians in fancy clothes walking past broken columns and crumbling buildings. Soft blue washes fade the ruins into the distance. A man in red points at an arch. Pieter Stevens made this while traveling Italy. He copied ruins like a photo. Back home, artists used his drawings to make prints. Try looking up the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

About the artist

Artist

Pieter Stevens

Pieter Stevens II or Peter Stevens II (ca. 1567 in Mechelen – after 1626 in Prague) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman known for his landscapes. He left Flanders to work for the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague.…

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