![[Saint Paul Outside the Walls] Veduta della rovina del gran Arco trionfale della nave traversa, ove e la Confessione di S.Paolo fuori le mura.](jpegs/51513.jpg)
[Saint Paul Outside the Walls] Veduta della rovina del gran Arco trionfale della nave traversa, ove e la Confessione di S.Paolo fuori le mura.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 495 x 595mm (19½ x 23½"), with large margins, uncut.
View of the interior of the Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls), showing the nave, the back of the church and the remains of Arnolfo di Cambio's tabernacle (1285) In 1823 a fire caused by a workman repairing the lead roof destroyed the building. Pope Leo XII appealed for help for reconstruction and was answered by donors including the Viceroy of Egypt and the Tsar of Russia (who gave malachite and lapis lazuli for the tabernacle); a replica building was opened in 1840. The fire was a major incident: Rossini dedicated four of the 101 plates of his 'Veduta' to the ruins. This again is a view of the ruins of
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: 51513] £750.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 495 x 595mm (19½ x 23½"), with large margins, uncut.
View of the interior of the Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura (the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls), showing the nave, the back of the church and the remains of Arnolfo di Cambio's tabernacle (1285) In 1823 a fire caused by a workman repairing the lead roof destroyed the building. Pope Leo XII appealed for help for reconstruction and was answered by donors including the Viceroy of Egypt and the Tsar of Russia (who gave malachite and lapis lazuli for the tabernacle); a replica building was opened in 1840. The fire was a major incident: Rossini dedicated four of the 101 plates of his 'Veduta' to the ruins. This again is a view of the ruins of
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: 51513] £750.00