Antique Print-AQUEDUCT-CLAUDIUS-ITALY-ROME-Kilian-1782

Original engraving and etching combination on a verge type hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 34.5 x 29 cm. The image size is ca. 28 x 23 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 13.6 x 11.4 inch. The image size is ca. 11 x 9.1 inch.

Plate 40: ‘Prospectus Ruderum Aquaeductus Claudii. – Vorstellung der Ruinen der Wasserleitung Claudii’. (Depiction of the remains of the aqueduct of Claudius.) This plate shows the remains of the Claudian aqueduct through which water was led up the mountains. A fine architecture print. This scarse highly decorative original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Denkmaler des Alten Roms oder Sammlung der vornehmen und noch in Rom vorhandenen Alterthumer nach Barbaults Zeichnung nebst einer Erklarung derselben aus dem Franzosischen ubersetzt.’ (Monuments of ancient Rome after drawings by Barbault and a description of these translated from French.), published by Conrad Heinrich Stage, Augsburg, 1782. This edition is a translation from the original French edition: ‘Les plus beaux monuments de Rome ancienne …’Artists and Engravers: The etchings / engravings are engraved by Georg Christoph Kilian, German engraver, collector, and cartographer (1709-1781), after Jean Barbault (c. 1705-1766), a French painter and engraver. Kilian was a student of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Condition: Fine. General age related toning.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-AQUEDUCT-CLAUDIUS-ITALY-ROME-KILIAN

(PCO) A82-03