The Colosseum from a set of The Wonders of the World
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- Object
- The Colosseum from a set of The Wonders of the World
- Accession number
- 92.1.12
- Date
- ca. 1575–1600
- Makers
- Maarten van Heemskerck
- Willem Segers
- Francis Sweerts
- Niclaes de Canter
- Nikolaus Le Coustre
- Isaac van Asperen
- Unidentified Weaver's Mark
- Medium
- Wool, silk (18-20 warps per inch, 7-8 cm.)
- Dimensions
- 11 ft. 4 in. × 16 ft. 11 in. (345.4 × 515.6 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool