Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
Étienne Dupérac. Palatine from the Circus Maximus. Engraving. After 1575.
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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 ofVestigi 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.