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The Dutch artist Michiel Van Overbeek drew <em>The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome</em> from southwest of the site, looking toward the 12 BC Pyramid of Cestius, and the 3rd- to 4th-century <em>Porta Ostiensis </em>(Porta Santo Paulo). The Egyptian structure in the Roman countryside attracted many tourists, and artists, for its singularity within the Roman architectural landscape. The careful attention given to the rise of the land at left, with small abodes tucked into the hills, and the crumbling ruin at the right, suggest that Van Overbeek wanted to record the scene as accurately as possible.
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445054
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The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome
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445054
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drawing
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The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome
description
The Dutch artist Michiel Van Overbeek drew <em>The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome</em> from southwest of the site, looking toward the 12 BC Pyramid of Cestius, and the 3rd- to 4th-century <em>Porta Ostiensis </em>(Porta Santo Paulo). The Egyptian structure in the Roman countryside attracted many tourists, and artists, for its singularity within the Roman architectural landscape. The careful attention given to the rise of the land at left, with small abodes tucked into the hills, and the crumbling ruin at the right, suggest that Van Overbeek wanted to record the scene as accurately as possible.
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c. 1650–80
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CC0
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en
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Q115755101
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445052
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Support: 18.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Matted: 21.9 x 30.5 cm (8 5/8 x 12 in.); Image: 9.9 x 20 cm (3 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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Netherlands
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2021.144
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Pen and brown ink with red chalk on brown prepared paper
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The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, c. 1650–80. Michiel van Overbeek (Dutch, active 1663–1709). Pen and brown ink with red chalk on brown prepared paper; support: 18.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.); matted: 21.9 x 30.5 cm (8 5/8 x 12 in.); image: 9.9 x 20 cm (3 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund, 2021.144
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DR - Dutch
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Inscribed u.m. Sepulchre Cesty, initialled l.r. M.V.O. del[?]
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The Pyramid of Cestius was constructed in Rome as a tomb in 12 BC during a fad for Egyptian things just a few years after Rome had conquered Cleopatra’s Egypt (30 BC).
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P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Art in Seventeenth Century Italy. Colnaghi & Co's Galleries. Catalogues. 1972. London: P. & D. Colnaghi, 1972.
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Cat. no. 164, ill. plate LIX
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
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2026-05-29 09:01:08.285000
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Pen and brown ink with red chalk on brown prepared paper
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