"Veduta della rovina del gran Arco trionfale della nave traversa, ove e la Confessione di S. Paolo fuori le mura." Roma 1823 T99
"View of the ruin of the great Triumphal Arch of the cross ship, and the Confession of St. Paul outside the walls."
Image size: 23¼" w x 19½" h; paper size 30" x 21" unframed
Superb Classic Composition
Condition: A strongly printed crisp impression in very good condition. Signed and dated by Rossini in the plate along the lower margin. Printed on early 19th century thick wove paper and with margins beyond the plate-impression on all sides. Watermark: 'AG F' This is an antique etching/engraving which exhibits its age around the margins outside the image area. Contains spotting and small creases and light brown aging at the very edges of the sheet. Original edge gilding on three sides of sheet. This engraving is taken directly from its book, it has never been framed, mounted or displayed.
Provenance: This particular engraving came from a book inscribed as belonging to “E. Cameron Galton, Newland House, Eynsham, Oxon”
Ruin of the Great Triumphal Arch of the Cross, Roma 1823 T99
Condition: A strongly printed crisp impression in very good condition. This is an antique engraving over 200 years old. It exhibits its age around the margins outside the image area. Contains spotting and slight creases and light brown aging in the margins. Original edge gilding on three sides of sheet. This engraving is taken directly from its book, it has never been framed, mounted or displayed.