View of the Campo Vaccino
by POELENBURGH, Cornelis van, Oil on copper, 40 x 55 cm
This picture, the earliest dated painting by Poelenburgh, shows the cattle market held on the Roman Forum. Between the ruins of ancient buildings are traders with their cattle and a woman doing the washing at a public fountain from which cattle also drink. The Castel Sant’Angelo is recognisable in the background (which is in fact not visible from the Roman Forum).