Caption

Tiber Island in Rome, Insula Tiberina olim Iovis licanii hodie insula S. Bartholomaei, Antiquae Urbis Splendor, Ancient monuments, print, album page, View of the Tiber Island, an elongated island in the shape of a ship in the southern bend of the River Tiber in Rome. Text in Latin in the lower margin. Numbered upper right: 31., printmaker: Jacobus Laurus, Italy, printer (person): Giacomo Mascardi, Rome, in or after 1637, printer (person), paper, etching, height 176 mm x width 235 mm, This print is part of a set of 158 prints (title prints), which appeared in four volumes. Parts one and two appeared in 1612. The third part appeared in 1615, and part four appeared in 1628. In 1637, Vitale Mascardi published the first reissue of the entire set with numbering., temple, shrine, Roman religion, representation of real building (either existing or having existed), Tiber, Tiber Island, A black and white engraved view of a large boatlike platform floating on water, with architectural structures on its deck including a round domed temple with columns on a circular base and a rectangular building with a pediment and statues on its roof, a central walkway or bridge leading from the foreground onto the platform flanked by small standing statues, sculptural reliefs and decorative moldings along the platform edge, stylized waves in the surrounding water, and rows of dense handwritten text below the image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_037

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35.1Mb (9.8Mb) / 13.4in x 10.2in / 4029 x 3046 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tiber Island Rome Insula Tiberina olim Iovis licanii hodie insula S Bartholomaei Antiquae Urbis Splendor Ancient monuments print album page View elongated island shape ship southern bend River Tiber Text Latin lower margin Numbered upper right 31 printmaker Jacobus Laurus Italy printer person Giacomo Mascardi 1637 paper etching height 176 mm x width 235 mm part set 158 prints title prints appeared four volumes Parts two appeared 1612 third part appeared 1615 part four appeared 1628 Vitale Mascardi published first reissue entire set numbering temple shrine Roman religion representation real building existing having existed Tiber black white engraved view large boatlike platform floating water architectural structures deck round domed columns circular base rectangular building pediment statues roof central walkway bridge leading foreground platform flanked small standing statues sculptural reliefs decorative moldings platform edge stylized waves surrounding water rows dense handwritten text image