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Auction 136, Lot 612
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"Roma", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Rome, Italy

Period: 1642 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
27.8 x 12 inches
70.6 x 30.5 cm
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Merian's panoramic view of Rome is a reduction of Antonio Tempesta's monumental map of 1593. Oriented with north to the left, it shows the city at the height of the Italian Renaissance. The projection provides a particularly graphic view of many of the important buildings, churches and monuments, including many that have subsequently been demolished. Printed on two joined sheets, as issued.

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Condition: A

Short fold separations in blank margins have been expertly repaired.

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 6/1/2011

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