A bowl on a base, a torch on a stand, a metal vase, and a vase with the caduceus on its side. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

  • Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.
Date:
[1811?]
Reference:
2499234i
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Description

According to the lettering, the bowl on a base and the vase with the caduceus were found in the Golden House of Nero and acquired by Count Horsen, then in Paris [Comte Horsen-Desnas?]. The torch and the metal vase were in the Baglioni museum in Perugia

Publication/Creation

[Milano] : [Presso li Fratt. Vallardi], [1811?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 18 x 29.5 cm

Lettering

1. 2. Questi due monumenti ... 3. 4. Altri due monumenti di rame ... Roccheggiani dis. e inc. Bears number: T. LII

Creator/production credits

Roccheggiani designed and executed etchings in which lost antiquities shown in ancient bas-reliefs etc. were reconstructed as if they were the originals. They are shown together with other antiquities that had survived in museums or in private collections (often exported from Rome and thus no longer available there)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2499234i

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