View taken from the series "Traces of ancient Rome Tivoli Pozzuolo and other places"

"Traces of the Karakalli Circus near Via Appia and the S. Bastiano church, which in ancient times was used for celebrating banquets and other games, its length is 223 reeds, width 33.5. Today, this place is a meadow by sign A, where there was a temple of Mars according to the traces you see." This view is taken from the series “Traces of Ancient Rome Tivoli Pozzuoli and other places,” engraved by Sadeler, drawing from the series by the French artist Stefano Du Pérac, using burin technique and in a reduced format. 

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 to mention 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 in these thirteen new plates, emphasizing the naturalistic aspect. 

In perfect condition, with wide margins, presented in a walnut frame. 

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