View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome

Also known as: View in Rome, the Ponte Rotto

Inscriptions

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in brown ink: Vue du Ponté Rotte a Rome / Dessineé par Asselin ; center, in graphite: A ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible; partially masked] ; lower right, graphite: USI / legsz ; lower right, in brown ink: J Asselin Nº [illegible; partially masked]

Provenance

E. W. Wolf, NY Dr. and Mrs. R. Schermer, Cleveland Anonymous French collector (old inscription in French on verso). Emil W. Wolf, New York (according to departmental cataloguing sheet and card, and old gallery label in file, not in Lugt); Dr. and Mrs. R. Schermer, Cleveland

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan Asselyn (Dutch, c. 1610–1652)
Date: 1639/45
Medium: brush and gray wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 35.4 x 57.6 cm (13 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 45.6 x 63.8 cm (17 15/16 x 25 1/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Schermer
Accession no.: 1972.360

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.