# Idealised View with Roman Ruins, Sculptures, and a Port [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BREENBERGH, Bartholomeus]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm ## Commentary Idealised View with Roman Ruins, Sculptures, and a Port c. 1650 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In this landscape Breenberg composes an idealized view of the Eternal City, represented by some of its most famous monuments, which the artist had sketched from life numerous times. Among the elements he includes is Michelangelo's statue of Moses, which at that time was considered to be equal in quality to the sculpture of Antiquity. The statue is shown in reverse, which might suggest that Breenberg copied it from an engraving. ## Related artworks - [Apostle Thomas]() - [Christ and the Nobleman of Capernaum]() - [Diana and Her Nymphs]() - [Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath]() - [Joseph Selling Wheat to the People]() - [Landscape with the Finding of Moses]() - [Ruins of the City Walls, near Porta S Paolo, Rome]() - [The Finding of Moses]() - [The Preaching of St John the Baptist \(detail\)]() - [The Preaching of St John the Baptist]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()