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[Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella] Veduta dell' Antico Tempio dedicato alle Novo Muse da M. Fulvio Nobiliore__in oggi S.Urbano fuori di Porta Capena, due miglia.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 400 x 530mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins, uncut.
Although described by Rossini as a Temple of the Muses, it is now believed the original building was a tomb or a temple dedicated to Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius (emperor from 138-161). After it became a church dedicated to Sant'Urbano in the C10th its remote location (now on the edge of Caffarella Park) meant it was often abandoned. It was acquired by the city of Rome in 2002 and restored again.
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: 51542] £600.00
Roma 1823.
Etching. 400 x 530mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins, uncut.
Although described by Rossini as a Temple of the Muses, it is now believed the original building was a tomb or a temple dedicated to Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius (emperor from 138-161). After it became a church dedicated to Sant'Urbano in the C10th its remote location (now on the edge of Caffarella Park) meant it was often abandoned. It was acquired by the city of Rome in 2002 and restored again.
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: 51542] £600.00