Pantheon Agrippae / Pantheon Vestigia
| Reference: | A54733 |
| Author | François HALMA |
| Year: | 1704 |
| Zone: | Pantheon |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 215 x 340 mm |
€250.00
| Reference: | A54733 |
| Author | François HALMA |
| Year: | 1704 |
| Zone: | Pantheon |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 215 x 340 mm |
€250.00
Description
This magnificent engraving, signed by Jan Goeree for the publisher Franz Halma, depicts the Pantheon in Rome at two different times.
The upper panel shows a hypothetical reconstruction of the original ancient temple built by Marcus Vespasianius Agrippa, accompanied by numismatic details and allegorical figures. The lower panel shows the monument from around 1700, known at the time as the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres or La Rotonda, characterized by its two bell towers (the so-called "donkey's ears" added by Bernini and later removed).
The plate was first published in the "Thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum" by J. G. Graevius, published by Franz Halm and Peter van der AA between 1694 and 1699.
This illustration is taken from the work "Beschryving van oud en nieuw Rome" by François Jacques Deseine, published in Amsterdam in 1704 by Franz Halm.
Etching and engraving, in excellent condition.
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François Halma [Franz Halm, Franciscus Halma (1653 - 1722)] was a Dutch publisher active in Utrecht (starting 1674) and later in Amsterdam where he worked as printer and publisher from 1699-1710. He eventually settled at Leeuwarden, where he died. His output was composed of botanical, theological and historical works, but also, he published a small number of geographies and atlases. In 1695, he published an edition of Gerard Mercator's Ptolemy. His re-issue of Schotanus à Sterringa’s Friesche Atlas in 1698 was regarded among his finest work. He also published an edition of Sanson’s Description de l’Univers. He produced an edition of Falda's plan of Rome in or around 1700. He also caused to be engraved a set of large-format maps of the continents and the world (this latter after Cassini) which are quite rare and appear to have been separately issued. We are aware of institutional copies of the continents having been bound into a 1710 Visscher atlas. The execution of these large and rare maps, drawn by Jan Goeree and engraved by Jan Baptiste, was of a very high quality. The plates were later acquired and reprinted, virtually unchanged, by Pieter van der Aa in 1713.
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François Halma [Franz Halm, Franciscus Halma (1653 - 1722)] was a Dutch publisher active in Utrecht (starting 1674) and later in Amsterdam where he worked as printer and publisher from 1699-1710. He eventually settled at Leeuwarden, where he died. His output was composed of botanical, theological and historical works, but also, he published a small number of geographies and atlases. In 1695, he published an edition of Gerard Mercator's Ptolemy. His re-issue of Schotanus à Sterringa’s Friesche Atlas in 1698 was regarded among his finest work. He also published an edition of Sanson’s Description de l’Univers. He produced an edition of Falda's plan of Rome in or around 1700. He also caused to be engraved a set of large-format maps of the continents and the world (this latter after Cassini) which are quite rare and appear to have been separately issued. We are aware of institutional copies of the continents having been bound into a 1710 Visscher atlas. The execution of these large and rare maps, drawn by Jan Goeree and engraved by Jan Baptiste, was of a very high quality. The plates were later acquired and reprinted, virtually unchanged, by Pieter van der Aa in 1713.
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