[Giuseppi VASI] Piazza della Rotonda

Description

This antique print shows the Piazza della Rotonda, a piazza (city square) in Rome, Italy, on the south side of which is located the Pantheon.

Copperplate engraving/etching on Verge type hand laid paper paper.
Sheet size: 42 x 27,5 cm. Image size: 30 x 21 cm.

This scarce original antique print originates from: ‘Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna’ by Giuseppi Vasi, published in Italy 1747 – 1761.

Made by ‘Giuseppi Vasi’ after own design. Giuseppe Vasi (27 August 1710 ? 16 April 1782) was an Italian engraver and architect, best known for his vedute. Vasi was a famous man and artist up to the 1760s, when Piranesi took definitively his place. Today Giuseppe Vasi is no longer considered Piranesi’s defeated rival, but an artist with his own personality and technique. Though far from being a revolutionary, he gave a significant contribution to the Roman school of engraving.

Condition: Very good, given age. An occasional minor spot in the margins. Worm hole top right of margin. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PCOM-A03-03