Antique Master Print-CUMA-TEMPLE-JUPITER-Morghen-1769

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 44.8 x 34.8 cm (17.64 x 13.7 inch). Image size: 37.2 x 25.2 cm. (14.65 x 9.92 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CUMAE, TEMPLE OF JUPITER, ROMAN RUINS, CAMPANIA, ITALY, FILIPPO MORGHEN, ARCHAEOLOGICAL ENGRAVING, 18TH CENTURY, CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, GRAND TOUR | PCO-B8-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 28 from Le antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja e Cuma / incise in rame e pubblicate da Filippo Morghen, Naples, 1769.

Biography engraver: Filippo Morghen (1730-1807) was an Italian engraver and painter active in Naples; known for archaeological and imaginative prints. Father of engraver Raphael Morghen.