A striking architectural engraving, showing a view of a canal through the side of a mountain. The inscription at the lower edge (in Italian) translates to "View of the Emissary of Lake Albano, and of Castel Gandolfo. This work was done in a year by the Romans in the time of the Siege of Veja, 398 years before the Christ Era. The Mountain was pierced to the length of 1360 foot and its channel is 3 1/2 foot wide and 6 foot high."
The artist's name is inscribed to the lower left and the date and location to the lower right.
On wove.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is substantial tearing and losses around the outer edges of the sheet.
45.5 x 59.5cm (17.9" x 23.4")Sheet: 54 x 68.3cm (21.3" x 26.9")
Lake Albano is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, 20 km southeast of Rome. Castel Gandolfo, overlooking the lake, is the site of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
Luigi Rossini (1790–1857) was an Italian artist, best known for his etchings of ancient Roman architecture.
Rossini was born in Ravenna, and studied at the Academy of Bologna with Antonio Basoli and Giovanni Antonio Antolini, graduating in 1813 as an architect and artist.
Like his predecessor Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rossini focused on extant antique Roman architecture and excavations in Rome and its environs, and rendered in exquisite detail classical architecture of Rome and its surrounding countryside. In contrast to Piranesi, he made greater use of the bucolic settings in his etchings of Roman ruins. His images of the architectural masterpieces of ancient Rome, including the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Appian Way, the Temple of Peace, and the Golden House of Nero, have greatly influenced architects, artists, writers, and other connoisseurs of Roman culture up to the present day.
His first series of views was published in 1814. He began his Roman antiquities series in 1819, completing 101 large folio plates which were published in Rome in 1825.
Rome, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
| SKU | rp577 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) |
| Date | 1825 |
| Dimensions | 45.5 x 59.5cm |
| Medium | Engraving |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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