Caption
Landscape with the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, Landscapes and ruins in Rome, Paysages et ruines de Rome, print, Series number, 9, 13, A landscape with part of the Colosseum on the right and the Arch of Constantine on the left. Men with horses are busy between the monuments. In the foreground a block with the letters SPQR on it and in the background the Forum Romanum (at that time still called the Campo Vaccino)., printmaker: Stefano della Bella, publisher: François Langlois, France, dedicated to: Antonio Le Charon, 1620 - 1664, unknown, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 127 mm x width 131 mm, A circular etching showing a wide open scene with a ruined arched stone structure on the right covered in vegetation and a tall ornate column fragment on the left, a flat foreground with textured rock formations and low grassy mounds, groups of small human figures walking and standing across the middle ground, a large animal seen from behind near the foreground, scattered riders on horseback and people engaged in various activities, distant low buildings and trees along the horizon, and a sky marked by fine horizontal hatch lines.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A96_464
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47.2Mb (10.6Mb) / 13.8in x 13.3in / 4127 x 3995 (300dpi)