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C1660
Vestigij di una Piramide di marmoro,
Artist:
Scarce c.17th engraving of Roman antiquities; the Pyramid of Cestius (Piramide di Caio Cestio in Italian), which can be seen today at the Porta San Paolo and opposite the station named after it, Piramide. It was built as a tomb … Read Full Description
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S/N: VDADR-022–221989
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Full Title:
Vestigij di una Piramide di marmoro,
Date:
C1660
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
265mm
x 135mm
Paper Size:
370mm
x 240mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1660
Description:
Scarce c.17th engraving of Roman antiquities; the Pyramid of Cestius (Piramide di Caio Cestio in Italian), which can be seen today at the Porta San Paolo and opposite the station named after it, Piramide.
It was built as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis (to Ostia) and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via Marmorata.
From: Saedler, Vestigi delle antichita di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzuolo et altri luochi.
References:
Holstein, F. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam: v. 21. 151-201, Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II..
Marco Sadeler (1614 - 1660)
Marco Sadeler (1614–1660) This series capitalised on the renewed interest in the monuments of classical antiquity which reached its climax in sixteenth century Rome. Marco Sadeler, whose name appears on the plates, was an engraver and print seller in Prague in the early 1600’s and probably the nephew of Aegidius.
