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Maker(s):Lauro, Giacomo
Culture:Italian (1561-1645)
Title:Arcus Constantini Aliaeq Antiquitates Proxmae [The Arch of Constantine and its Ancient Surrounds], Plate 138 from the series Antiquae Urbis Splendor [The Wonders of Ancient Rome]
Date Made:1612-1641
Type:Print
Materials:Engraving
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:Mat: 14 in x 18 in; 35.6 cm x 45.7 cm; Sheet: 7 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in; 18.4 cm x 24.4 cm; Image: 7 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 18.1 cm x 24.1 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (printed, etched in plate): ARCVS CONSTANTINI ALIÆQ ANTIQVITATES PROXMÆ; PLATE NUMBER: recto, upp. r. (printed, etched in plate): 138; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, etched in plate): (seven lines of text to be added)
Accession Number:  MH 2013.1.9
Credit Line:Gift from the collection of Louise Fitz Randolph
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The triumphal Arch of Constantine on the left, shown at a raking angle, with a group of tourists in traveling cloaks and hats in front of it. The conical stone ruins of the Meta Sudans in the center foreground, wich a person carrying a platter of food and another sitting down to sketch or draw in front of it. A road/open space recedes back from the Meta Sudans to the Arch of Titus in the center distance, the SPQR along its entabulature visible. Ruins of arches and vaults in the background left (on the Palatine Hill) and on the right.

Tags:
built environments; ruins; roads

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