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Hieronymus Cock - Ruins on the Palatine Hill with the Septizonium - 1550

Sold for €1,100 at Old Master Print on Apr 16, 2026.

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Ruinarum Palatii Maioris... 1. One of the first series of 24 views + title page etched by Hieronymus Cock himself between 1448-1551. Published by Cock in 1551 in his Praecipua aliquot Romanae antiquitatis ruinarum monimenta, vivis prospectibus, ad veri imitationem affabre designata In florentiss.[ima] Antuerpia per Hiro.[nymus] Coc[k]. Mense Maio, Anno M.D.LI. Cum caesa privilegio ad VIII an. In 1562 the series was augmented with another twelve plates etched by the brothers Van Doetecum. Here an impression from the first series etched by Cock himself. Signed and dated COCK FE 1550 bottom left.

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