Architectural Paintings
The historic city: memory and ruins (Room 3)
Of the city views depicted in art, none enjoyed greater fortune than Rome. Two panoramic views of Rome are included in this section: one fairly true to life with respect to what fifteenth-century travellers would have found; and another in which its streets are the setting for a dramatic and violent event—the Sack of Rome. The paintings featuring ruins allude to concepts such as the birth of a New Era that heralds the coming of Christ; the destructive passage of time, as explicitly expressed by Herman Posthumus; and the artist’s training and the intellectual process of creation—a message conveyed by Maerten van Heemskerck’s self-portrait with the Colosseum.
![Paisaje con ruinas antiguas [Tempus edax rerum]](assets/img/content/021.jpg)
Herman Posthumus (East Frisia, 1513/1514-Amsterdam, between 1566 y 1588) Landscape with Roman Ruins [Tempus edax rerum]
- Año
- 1536
- Técnica
- Oil on canvas.
- Medidas
- 96 x 141.5 cm
- Propiedad
- Vaduz-Viena, Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein; inv. GE740