Author: Unknown engraver, Pieter Schenk (1660-1713)
Title: [Antique print, etching/ets] ARCUS Imperatoris TITI VESPASIANI Temporis hostiumque favite foede mutilatus... Views of Rome [Set title] (Gezicht Rome: Praalboog van den Keizer Titus Vespasianus, seer geschonden), published 1705.
Description: 16th plate of 100 portraying Rome's palaces and ruins and even reconstruction of ancient buildings in Rome.The second states of these etchings were collected in the publication by Peter Schenck: 'Roma aeterna, sive ipsius aedificiorum Romanorum, integrorium collapsorumque, conspectus duplex.'In the 'Aedificiorum Index': '16. Arcus Imperatoris Titi Vespasiani', view on the Arch of Vespasianus.Inscribed on the bottom in Latin and Dutch:'ARCUS Imperatoris TITI VESPASIANI Temporis hostiumque favite foede mutilatus... / Pet Schenck exc: Amstelod: cum Privil:'Rome - Boog van Titus - Forum Romanum - Peter Schenk Etching on paper with margins; platemark: 165 x 194 mm; total: 187 x 254 mm; state I/2; Hollstein 1497-1596.

Keywords: Italy|Rome|Topography & Travel