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[Basilica of Maxentius] Veduta Generale del gran Tempio della Pace.

[Basilica of Maxentius] Veduta Generale del gran Tempio della Pace.

Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 440 x 660mm (17¼ x 26"), with large margins, uncut.
A view showing the octagonal ceiling coffers of the concrete barrel vaults of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, the largest building in the Forum of Rome. Begun by Maxentius in 308 AD the building was completed in 312 by Constantine after he defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge.
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: 51520]  £400.00


 

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