ECL-Bn.13:46-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:46-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
View of Colosseum and Arch of Constantine
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The view shows the Colosseum on left, the Arch of Constantine on right, with the Meta Sudans in between. At bottom left there are a few broken columns and there are figures in the foreground driving a cart, herding cows and riding a donkey.
On a fluttering fillet heldi by two flying putti is the inscription: ANTIQUUM AMPHITHEATRUM FLAVIUM ROMAE ERECTUM VULGO COLOSSAEUUM OB NERONIS COLOSSUM ILLI APPOSITUM/UNA CUM TRIUMPHALI ARCO MAXIMI COSTANTINI ex typographia Matthei Gregory de Rubeis in Foro Agonali ad Signus Typis, Originalibus suis Aeneis noviter ad lucem aeditum, et delineatum a Josepho Tiburtio Vergelli Racanaten etc Anno 1691. Cum privilegio Summi Pontificis et Superiorem Licentia.
On a fluttering fillet heldi by two flying putti is the inscription: ANTIQUUM AMPHITHEATRUM FLAVIUM ROMAE ERECTUM VULGO COLOSSAEUUM OB NERONIS COLOSSUM ILLI APPOSITUM/UNA CUM TRIUMPHALI ARCO MAXIMI COSTANTINI ex typographia Matthei Gregory de Rubeis in Foro Agonali ad Signus Typis, Originalibus suis Aeneis noviter ad lucem aeditum, et delineatum a Josepho Tiburtio Vergelli Racanaten etc Anno 1691. Cum privilegio Summi Pontificis et Superiorem Licentia.
Content (object)
arch
amphitheatre
amphitheatre
Dimensions
height (actual size): 494mm
width (actual size): 750mm
width (actual size): 750mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Rossi, Matteo Grigorio de' (Engraver)
Date
1691