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Hand-colored title page: a stone arch framed with ivy, lettered RUINES DE ROME, with an obelisk and ruins in a pale landscape beyond.

Title Page, from A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity

Hand-colored aquatint title page showing a stone archway with carved, patterned borders and trailing ivy, framing the words "RUINES DE ROME" in capitals. Beneath, a tall obelisk rises above a grassy plain with ruined arches and a distant domed building under a pale sky.

Artist
James Merigot
Date
1796/98
Medium
Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2288 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1798).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Isaac K. Friedman

Español: Página de título, Ruines de Rome, de una colección de vistas y ruinas de Roma

Página de título en acuatinta coloreada a mano que muestra un arco de piedra con bordes tallados y decorados, y hiedra colgante, que enmarca las palabras "RUINES DE ROME" en mayúsculas. Debajo, un obelisco alto se eleva sobre una llanura cubierta de hierba, con arcos en ruinas y un edificio con cúpula a lo lejos bajo un cielo pálido.

Português: Página de rosto, Ruines de Rome, de uma coleção de vistas e ruínas de Roma

Página de rosto em aquatinta colorida à mão, mostrando um arco de pedra com bordas entalhadas e decoradas e hera pendente, que emoldura as palavras "RUINES DE ROME" em maiúsculas. Abaixo, um obelisco alto se ergue sobre uma planície gramada, com arcos em ruínas e um edifício com cúpula ao longe sob um céu claro.

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