Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Willem Romeyn (Haarlem circa 1624-circa 1694)
Lot 251

Willem Romeyn (Haarlem circa 1624-circa 1694)

The ruins of the Colosseum, Rome

Closed10 December 2014

Price Realised

EUR 6,250

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Willem Romeyn (Haarlem circa 1624-circa 1694)
The ruins of the Colosseum, Rome
signed and dated 'W ROMEYN 1693' and with inscription 'W: Romeyn.' (on the mount)
black chalk, grey wash, watermark posthorn within shield, black ink framing lines
12 5/8 x 8 in. (32.2 x 20.2 cm.)

Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853); Christie's, London, 16-25 June 1854, lot 672 ('The Coliseum - Indian ink').
with Colnaghi, London (according to a note by I.Q. van Regteren Altena).

Specialist note

Romeyn visited Italy in 1650-51 but continued painting and drawing Italian subjects once back in Holland, no doubt basing these works on sketches made during that trip. Two other drawings dated 1693, also representing the Colosseum and of almost identical dimensions, are in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem (Plomp, op. cit, nos. 404-5).