# Self-Portrait in Rome with the Colosseum

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEEMSKERCK, Maerten van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Wood, 42 x 54 cm

## Commentary

In fact the painting is a double self-portrait in addition to the portrait of the mature artist we can see the small figure of the young artist who, twenty years before, made drawings of the immense ruins of the Colosseum.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/annunciation-r33b0b7e90564ef>)
- [Christ Being Crowned with Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/christ-being-crowned-with-thorns-r5d8568e8488e27>)
- [Construction of the New St Peter&#39;s in Rome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/construction-of-the-new-st-peters-in-rome-r1bbb83e0dd7aa1>)
- [Crucifixion \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/crucifixion-detail-rb0494c80dfbca4>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/crucifixion-r74674f02c16592>)
- [Crucifixion \(Triptych\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/crucifixion-triptych-rc255552a227204>)
- [Ecce Homo Triptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/ecce-homo-triptych-r0b395a5b75d02a>)
- [Family Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/family-portrait-r35be0fa425b7db>)
- [Forum of Nerva](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/forum-of-nerva-r3e50592217b8c0>)
- [Garden of the Casa Galli](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/garden-of-the-casa-galli-r03dfb2f6b86ddb>)
- [Garden of the Villa Madama](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/garden-of-the-villa-madama-r6bcf328bb15981>)
- [Hercules of the Forum Boarium](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heemskerck-maerten-van-r0fb18ff8853158/hercules-of-the-forum-boarium-r0d6f9979f7cc8d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)