![[Temple of Serapis.] Veduta dei grandiosissimi avanzi del Tempio di Giove, dal volgo il frontespizio di Nerone, sul Monte Quirinale, negl' Orti Colonna.](jpegs/51548.jpg)
[Temple of Serapis.] Veduta dei grandiosissimi avanzi del Tempio di Giove, dal volgo il frontespizio di Nerone, sul Monte Quirinale, negl' Orti Colonna.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 360 x 455mm (14¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut. Crease in the centre.
The ruins of the Temple of Serapis on the Quirinal Hill, torn down during the persecution of pagans in the late Empire, with most of the structure reused on other buildings.
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: 51548] £600.00
Roma 1820.
Etching. 360 x 455mm (14¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut. Crease in the centre.
The ruins of the Temple of Serapis on the Quirinal Hill, torn down during the persecution of pagans in the late Empire, with most of the structure reused on other buildings.
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: 51548] £600.00