Gezigt te Rome langs den Tyber op de S. Peters Kerk, het Vatikaan, de Brug en t Kasteel van S. Angelo.
| Reference: | S44178 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1705 |
| Zone: | Ponte e Castel Sant'Angelo |
| Measures: | 180 x 190 mm |
€150.00
| Reference: | S44178 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1705 |
| Zone: | Ponte e Castel Sant'Angelo |
| Measures: | 180 x 190 mm |
€150.00
Description
View taken from the Roma aeterna, sive ipsius aedificiorium ad Romanorum integrorum collapsorumque, conspectus duplex, published in Amsterdam in 1705.
This is a rare collection of one hundred plates engraved full-page and numbered, with a dedication to Ulrico Antonio and captions in Latin and Dutch. Work of the famous Dutch engraver, publisher and cartographer Peter Schenk, appointed by Augustus II, King of Poland, engraver of the king. The plates illustrate with great detail views, buildings and beauties of ancient and modern Rome and its surroundings.
Etching, impressed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed in copper, in excellent condition.
Bibliography
Rossetti 9219
Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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