![[Porta Esquilina] Veduta dell' Arco di Gallieno.](jpegs/51556.jpg)
[Porta Esquilina] Veduta dell' Arco di Gallieno.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 390 x 460mm (15¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
The Porta Esquilina was originally an arch in the Servian wall around Rome, at the beginning of the ancient Roman roads via Labicana and via Tiburtina. During the time of Augustus it was rebuilt as shown here; in 262 it was rededicated to the Emperor Gallienus and his consort Salonina. A hay cart, drawn by Bartolomeo Pinelli to add life to Rossini's architecture, is dwarfed by the high arch.
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: 51556] £600.00
Roma 1821.
Etching. 390 x 460mm (15¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
The Porta Esquilina was originally an arch in the Servian wall around Rome, at the beginning of the ancient Roman roads via Labicana and via Tiburtina. During the time of Augustus it was rebuilt as shown here; in 262 it was rededicated to the Emperor Gallienus and his consort Salonina. A hay cart, drawn by Bartolomeo Pinelli to add life to Rossini's architecture, is dwarfed by the high arch.
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: 51556] £600.00