Antique Print-TURKISH-CEMETERY-PANTHEON-HADRIAN-PL. 7-ATHENS-Kilian-1782

Original etching/engraving on verge (hand laid) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 41.1 x 32.9 cm. The image size is ca. 37.5 x 28.7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 16.2 x 13 inch. The image size is ca. 14.8 x 11.3 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Coemeterium Turcicum. Pantheon Hadriani Imperatoris.’ – Plate 7: (Turkish Burying place. Pantheon of Hadrian.) This fine architectural print the Pantheon of Hadrian and the nearby Turkish cemetery in Athens. This scarse highly decorative original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Ruinen und Ueberbleibfel von Athen, nebst andern merkwurdigen Alterthumer Griechenlands, herausgegeben von M. Robert Sayer in London.’ (Ruins and remains of Athens, next to other curious ancient sites of Greece, published by M. Robert Sayer in London.), published by Conrad Heinrich Stage, Augsburg, 1782. This edition is a translation from the original 1759 English edition: ‘Ruins of Athens and other valuable Antiquities in Greece.’Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Georg Christoph Kilian’ after an anonymous artist. 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: Good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Creases in right top and lower. Small tear in lower margin, not effecting image, backed by contemporary paper and consolidated with acid free tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-TURKISH-CEMETERY-PANTHEON-HADRIAN-PL. 7-ATHENS-KILIAN

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