Rosone Antico nell' Arco di Settimio Severo: Antonini 1781

Title: Rosone Antico nell' Arco di Settimio Severo Author: Carlo Antonini Date: 1781 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Excellent Inches: platemark: 7 1/4" x 5", overall: 13 1/4" x 9" Centimeters: platemark: 18.4 x 12.7, overall: 33.65 x 22.86 Product ID: 002644 These fine engravings depict decorative architectural elements from the buildings and monuments of Ancient Rome and surrounding towns. The floral carvings are shown full front and also in cross section. Because of bits of paint which, upon close inspection, were detected on the original structures, it was deduced that they had once been brightly colored, thus the hand-painting of these engraved representations.