['Curia Hostilia'] Avanzi della Curia Ostilius sul Monte Celio.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
According to Rossini's title (one of the few in the image rather than underneath), these are the remains of the Curia Hostilia, an early Senate House built by Tullius Hostilius, the third king of Rome, on Monte Caelio. However it is more likely to be a substructure of the Temple of Claudius on the Caelian Hill. Through the gateway to the left is the Arch of Constantine.
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: 51521] £600.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
According to Rossini's title (one of the few in the image rather than underneath), these are the remains of the Curia Hostilia, an early Senate House built by Tullius Hostilius, the third king of Rome, on Monte Caelio. However it is more likely to be a substructure of the Temple of Claudius on the Caelian Hill. Through the gateway to the left is the Arch of Constantine.
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: 51521] £600.00