POELENBURGH, Cornelis van
(b. ca. 1594, Utrecht, d. 1667, Utrecht)

Roman Ruins

c. 1620
Oil on copper, 23 x 31 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

In 1620 and 1621, Poelenburgh worked at the court of Cosimo II de' Medici, where he painted at least two series of small, brilliant paintings on copper.