Antique Print-ALLEGORY-ROME-ROMULUS-REMUS-WOLF-MYTHOLOGY-Halma-1704

Copperplate engraving / etching on a vellin type hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 24 x 39 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 9.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9.4 x 15.4 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 3.7 inch.

Plate page 3: This plate shows an allegorical engraving with Romulus and Remus, the central characters of Rome’s foundation myth. Below a beautifully allegorical engraved letter I allegorizing Rome with a river god and Romulus and Remulus. Text on both sides. This original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Beschryving van Oud en Nieuw Rome. Verdeelt in drie Deelen. In ‘t Fransch beschreven door den Heer Francois Desseine. En in ‘t Nederduitsch vertaalt.’, by Francois Desseine and published by Francois Halma in 1704, first published in French in 1690. Copies of this work are rarely complete as the maps and engravings are of high quality matching the work of Piranesi.Artists and Engravers: Publisher: Francois Halma (1653-1722). Engraved by Jan van Vianen (b. c. 1660) after Jan Goeree (1670-1731).

Condition: Good. General age related toning and soiling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-ALLEGORY-ROME-ROMULUS-REMUS-WOLF-MYTHOLOGY-HALMA

(PCO) A192-27