Veduta della Piramide di C. Cestio presa nell'Viale che conduce alla Porta di S.Paolo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 435 x 605mm (17 x 23¾"), with large, uncut margins.
A brick pyramid faced with marble, built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate who probably served in the Roman army in Egypt. Having been incorporated into the Aurelian Wall the pyramid was preserved; a larger one was dismantled in the C16th by Pope Alexander VI and the marble was used for the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51501] £750.00
Roma 1822.
Etching. 435 x 605mm (17 x 23¾"), with large, uncut margins.
A brick pyramid faced with marble, built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate who probably served in the Roman army in Egypt. Having been incorporated into the Aurelian Wall the pyramid was preserved; a larger one was dismantled in the C16th by Pope Alexander VI and the marble was used for the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51501] £750.00