Vue du nouveau Temple, prise du côté occidental du Forum; View of the new Temple, taken from the western side of the Forum, Pompeii
Florence: Pietro Fumagali, 1833. Aquatint and engraving on cream wove paper with the artist's PJF watermark, 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (267 x 318 mm); sheet 11 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches (295 x 418 mm), full margins. Scattered spots of broad foxing. From the self published folio work titled Pompeia: Traité Pittoresque, Historique et Géométrique (also published in Italian as Pompeia: Trattato Pittorico, Storico, e Geometrico).
The Temple of Vespasian (also formerly known by early 19th-century excavators as the Temple of Augustus or the Nouveau Temple / New Temple), located on the eastern side of the Forum in Pompeii. The view prominently features the courtyard wall and the white marble altar in the center, which is carved with reliefs showing a sacrificial scene (a bull being led to sacrifice).
Condition: Good.
Item number: 2605
Price: $250.00
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