Antique prints and engravings - Designs, Costumes and Landscapes

Antique prints and engravings - Designs, Costumes and Landscapes

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Lot 17064: Nicolas Ponce - Original engraving of Roman frescoes by Mlle. De Gai 1805

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Start price: £50

Estimated price: £100 - £200

Buyer's Premium:

This rare copperplate engraving is from Collection des Tableaux et Arabesques Antiques, trouvés a Rome, dans les ruines des Thermes de Titus by Nicolas Ponce. Paris, Brussels, Lyons etc: 1805.

The engraving, with incredibly fine detail, illustrates one of the frescoes from the baths of Titus, built in Rome in 81 AD. One of the features of the baths of Titus were the mural designs executed by the artist Famullus.

The engravings in this work are after designs by Goumas, Petit, Carlonni, Chateau, Binet and Le Fevre with the engraving performed by Petit, Mlle. Le Gai, Van Maelle and Deliens.

Size: approx. 20.5in x 13.5in (53cm x 35cm)


Condition report:

Excellent but please check images for any age-related marks