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Romancing Ruins. Bartholomeous Breenburgh and his strange vision of Rome.

. Portrait of Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (possibly), after Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1609-1657

Bartholomeus Breenbergh (before 13 November 1598 – after 3 October 1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italian and Italianate landscapes, in Rome (1619-1630) and Amsterdam (1630-1657).

Bartholomeus BreenberghRuïne van het Colosseum, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639 – 1640
The Anointing of David in Ruins of the Roman Forum,
Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1642
Eight different heads of men, women, animals and mascarons, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacob de Gheyn III, 1638.
Italian Landscape with Buildings and a Bridge, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639
Ruins of a palace at Tivoli, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639 – 1640
Interieur van een grot, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639 – 1640
Fourteen different heads of men, women, animals and mascarons, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacob de Gheyn (III), 1638
Italian Landscape with Buildings and a Bridge, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639
Waterfall near the bridge Ponte della Trave, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639
Inn near the Prima Porta, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639 – 1640
Ruins of the San Lorenzo Vecchio near Bolsena, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639 – 1640
Various heads of men, animals and mascarons, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacob de Gheyn (III), 1638
View in the Colosseum in Rome, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1627
View in Ancient Ruins, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (possibly), 1610 – 1657
The Anointing of David in Ruins of the Roman Forum, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1642
Inn at the Grotta della Ninfa Egeria, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640
The Adoration of the Magi, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (circle of), c. 1640 – c. 1650 oil on copper
Ruins of the Temple of the Sun and the Moon at the Colosseum, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (possibly), after Thomas Wijck, 1700 – 1800
The Adoration of the Magi, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (circle of), c. 1640 – c. 1650 oil on copper.

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