Pleasure Gardens of Salustius in Rome, print, The pleasure gardens of the Roman historian Salustius, located on the Via Salaria in Rome. Among those walking in the gardens are a man with a donkey and a woman with a lute., Italy, 1551, printmaker, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching on Japanese paper with plate tone, height 165 mm x width 238 mm, lute, and special forms of lute, eg: theorbo, garden, ass, donkey, strolling, Rome, Via Salaria, A detailed sepia-toned etching shows a rural scene with crumbling stone buildings and arches on a hillside, surrounded by foliage and small trees, terraces and walls with visible stone texture, and a house with arched openings and a pitched roof; in the foreground there are several figures including two standing people in cloaks and hats conversing, a seated person leaning back, a figure leading a laden donkey, a person crouched near the ground, and a dog; the landscape includes winding dirt paths...
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Pleasure Gardens of Salustius in Rome, print, The pleasure gardens of the Roman historian Salustius, located on the Via Salaria in Rome. Among those walking in the gardens are a man with a donkey and a woman with a lute., Italy, 1551, printmaker, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching on Japanese paper with plate tone, height 165 mm x width 238 mm, lute, and special forms of lute, eg: theorbo, garden, ass, donkey, strolling, Rome, Via Salaria, A detailed sepia-toned etching shows a rural scene with crumbling stone buildings and arches on a hillside, surrounded by foliage and small trees, terraces and walls with visible stone texture, and a house with arched openings and a pitched roof; in the foreground there are several figures including two standing people in cloaks and hats conversing, a seated person leaning back, a figure leading a laden donkey, a person crouched near the ground, and a dog; the landscape includes winding dirt paths, cultivated furrows, low fences, scattered stones, and small groups of plants, with fine linework and stippling throughout the composition.

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Pleasure Gardens Salustius Rome print pleasure gardens Roman historian Salustius located Via Salaria walking gardens man donkey woman lute Italy 1551 printmaker paper Japanese paper handmade paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 165 mm x width 238 mm special forms eg theorbo garden ass strolling detailed sepia-toned etching rural scene crumbling stone buildings arches hillside surrounded foliage small trees terraces walls visible stone texture house arched openings pitched roof foreground several figures two standing people cloaks hats conversing seated person leaning back figure leading laden donkey person crouched near ground dog landscape includes winding dirt paths cultivated furrows low fences scattered stones small groups plants fine linework stippling composition

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