Author: Unknown engraver, Pieter Schenk (1660-1713)
Title: [Antique print, etching/ets, Rome] MONUMENTUM METELLORUM... Views of Rome [Set title] (gezicht op Rome: Capo di Bove, begraafplaats der Metellen, buiten Romen), published 1705.
Description: 56th 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': '56.Sepulcrum Metellorum', view on on the monumental tomb of Cecilia Metella.Inscribed on the bottom in Latin and Dutch: 'MONUMENTUM METELLORUM... / Pet Schenck exc: Amstelod: cum Privil:'The paper or the plate slipped while under the press, resulting in fuzzy details.begraafplaats der Metellen - Rome - Schenk Etching on paper with margins; platemark: 165 x 194 mm; total: 187 x 254 mm; state I/2; despite light staining along the right margin especially, in very good condition. Hollstein 1497-1596.

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