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Vue du Capitole, from Les Plus Beaux Edifices de Rome Moderne, ou Recueil des plus belles vues des principales eglises, places, palais, fontaines etc. qui sont dans Rome

1763
Not on view
Single plate across two unnumbered pages. The plate has a view of the Capitoline Hill with diverse figures across the composition. A description of the subject of the plate is on pp. 40-41.

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  • Title: Vue du Capitole, from Les Plus Beaux Edifices de Rome Moderne, ou Recueil des plus belles vues des principales eglises, places, palais, fontaines etc. qui sont dans Rome
  • Artist: Freicenet (Italian, active Rome, mid-18th century)
  • Artist: after Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
  • Printer: Printed by Komarek
  • Publisher: Published by Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: 1763
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 15 3/16 × 20 11/16 in. (38.6 × 52.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.89(35)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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