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[Temple of Venus & Rome] Veduta Generale del Tempio di Venere, e Roma.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 375 x 540mm (14¾ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Venus and Rome on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum. A double temple (having two apses back to back, one dedicated to each deity), it was built by Hadrian, probably to his own design, and dedicated in AD 135. It is believed to be have been the largest temple in Rome.
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: 51554] £600.00
Roma 1821.
Etching. 375 x 540mm (14¾ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Venus and Rome on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum. A double temple (having two apses back to back, one dedicated to each deity), it was built by Hadrian, probably to his own design, and dedicated in AD 135. It is believed to be have been the largest temple in Rome.
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: 51554] £600.00