Sadeler - Circus Maximus from the 17th century

"Traces of Circus Maximus, which was so named because of its size, as it was larger than other circuses in Rome, and the aforementioned Circus was built solely to celebrate various forms of games and hunts. People could sit to watch these games, as shown by the sign A in sign B, there was a prison of sign C beneath the ground, a broken obelisk located in the center of the mentioned circus D, and part of the laqua crabra, which today serves as a garden entrance leading to E and Mount Aventino F on Mount Palatine." This view is taken from the series "Traces of Ancient Rome Tivoli Pozzuoli and other places," engraved by Sadeler, based on the series by French artist Stefano Du Pérac, using etching and grotto techniques, in a reduced format on evenly laid paper. The work consists of 50 plates published by Marco Sadeler in 1606 in Prague, a very active cultural center, under the same title "Traces of Ancient Rome" with the same descriptions by Du Pérac in Italian, not mentioning the inventor. Sadeler, court engraver of Rudolf II, traveled to Germany and Italy, staying in Rome in 1593. His works also include views "... Tivoli, Pozzuoli and other places," which are absent from these thirteen new plates, emphasizing the naturalistic aspect. In perfect condition, with wide margins, in a walnut wood frame.

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