# Sculpture Court of the Casa Sassi in Rome [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEEMSKERCK, Maerten van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen and brown ink with brown wash, 230 x 215 mm ## Commentary Van Heemskerck travelled to Rome in 1532 and remained in Italy for four or five years. Dozens of his Roman drawings survive, including sixty-three in two sketchbooks today in Berlin. During his stay, Van Heemskerck visited the Casa Sassi, a noted private collection. His drawing depicts the courtyard arrayed with antique statues on pedestals and in niches. Years later, back in Haarlem, Van Heemskerck adapted this drawing for the background of his St Luke Painting the Virgin. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Being Crowned with Thorns]() - [Construction of the New St Peter's in Rome]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion \(Triptych\)]() - [Ecce Homo Triptych]() - [Family Portrait]() - [Forum of Nerva]() - [Garden of the Casa Galli]() - [Garden of the Villa Madama]() - [Hercules of the Forum Boarium]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()