Author: Unknown engraver, Pieter Schenk (1660-1713)
Title: [Antique print, etching/ets] AQUAE MARCIAE RECEPTACULUM... Views of Rome [Set title] (gezicht op Rome: Vergaarplaats van de beruchte waterleidingen van het aqua marcia, omtrent de kerk van S. Vitus), published 1705.
Description: 5th 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': '5.6. Aqua Marcia', view on the construction at the end of the aqueduct called Aqua Marcia on the Esquilinus.Inscribed on the bottom in Latin and Dutch: 'AQUAE MARCIAE RECEPTACULUM. / Pet Schenck exc: Amstelod: cum Privil:'Aqua Marcia - Rome - Pieter Schenk Etching on paper with margins; platemark: 165 x 194 mm; total: 188 x 254 mm; state I/2; dirt and smudges along the margins, especially at the bottom: some tears on the margins not affecting the plate; Hollstein 1497-1596.

Keywords: Italy|Rome|Topography & Travel