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Pantheon in Rome, T. Pantheon vulgo Rotunda, Ancient monuments, Antiquae Urbis Splendor, print, album page, View of the Pantheon in Rome. Text in Latin in lower margin. Numbered upper right: 26., printmaker: Jacobus Laurus, Italy, printer (person): Giacomo Mascardi, Rome, in or after 1637, printer (person), paper, etching, height 177 mm x width 232 mm, This print is part of a set of 158 prints (title prints), which appeared in four volumes. Volumes one and two appeared in 1612. The third volume appeared in 1615 and volume four appeared in 1628. In 1637 Vitale Mascardi published the first reissue of the entire set with numbering., church (exterior), temple, shrine, Roman religion, representation of real building (either existing or having existed), Pantheon, A detailed black and white engraving shows a large domed round building with a fluted circular drum and stepped rings at its base, attached to a rectangular portico with columns and a triangular pediment, statues standing on roof corners and atop the pediment, surrounding smaller classical buildings with arches and domes, an obelisk on a plinth in an open plaza in front, distant low hills in the background, and a broad expanse of empty ground around the central structures.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_040

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Keywords

Pantheon Rome T Pantheon vulgo Rotunda Ancient monuments Antiquae Urbis Splendor print album page View Text Latin lower margin Numbered upper right 26 printmaker Jacobus Laurus Italy printer person Giacomo Mascardi 1637 paper etching height 177 mm x width 232 mm part set 158 prints title prints appeared four volumes Volumes two appeared 1612 third volume appeared 1615 volume four appeared 1628 1637 Vitale Mascardi published first reissue entire set numbering church exterior temple shrine Roman religion representation real building existing having existed detailed black white engraving large domed round building fluted circular drum stepped rings base attached rectangular portico columns triangular pediment statues standing roof corners atop pediment surrounding smaller classical buildings arches domes obelisk plinth open plaza front distant low hills background broad expanse empty ground central structures