Artist: Étienne Dupérac, after (Du Perac) (France, 1525 ca.-1604). He is most well known for his topographical studies of Rome and its ruins.
Title: Palatine from the Circus Maximus.
Numbered, and Inscribed in plate and in backing sheet: 9. Vestigii et parte del monte Palatino, dalla parte verso mezzogiorno che risguarda il circu Massimo et l'Aventino. A handwritten inscription on the backing sheet explains the details of the landscape indicated by letters.
Dimensions: Sheet 8 1/4" x 14 7/8". Backing sheet 10 1/2 x 15 1/2.
Publisher: Lorenzo Vaccari 1574-1603 (fl. between).
Edition: I vestigi dell’antichità di Roma raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva...)
Date: on or after 1575.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper. Folded as issued.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: A vertical crease in the middle. Trimmed margins. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Vestigi dell'antichità di Roma ... pl. 9.
Museums and Libraries: British School at Rome L.611.D.9-009.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: The first edition was published in 1575 ( L. Della Vacheria) and was highly appreciated by scholars, artists, and art collectors. Since then, multiple editions have been published within the next two hundred years.