Etching, handmade paper; size of print; 405 x 543 mm; signed by fl. p. d.: Piranesi inu. Scol. State of preservation: traces of vertical folding in half.
Title vignette of a two-volume collection of Piranesi's views of Rome with a view of stone elements of ancient architecture: a broken Corinthian column, an ornamental vase with a frieze and herm motif, and an inscription board into which is embedded an inscription in antiqua, containing the title of the work. Symbolic composition, referring to the idea of the ancient splendor of the Eternal City
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