A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF A ROMAN INTERIOR
BY ANTONIO GIUSEPPE BARBAZZA, 1752
Each depicting the interiors of a Roman sculpture gallery, two inscribed at the top, 'AERAE CHRISTI SAECULUM PRIMUM, the other two inscribed 'AERAE CHRISTI SAECULUM SECUNDUM, each inscribed at the bottom 'DEMONSTRATIO HISTORIAE ECCLESIASTICAE QUADRIPARTITAE COMPROBATAE MONUMENTIS PERTINENTIBUS AD FIDEM TEMPORUM ET GESTORUM', within a stiff-leaf carved parcel-gilt and ebonised moulded later frame
27¾ x 60 in. (70.5 x 152.5 cm.) [without frame]; 38¾ x 71 in. (98.5 x 180.5 cm.) [with frame] (4)
A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF A ROMAN INTERIOR
BY ANTONIO GIUSEPPE BARBAZZA, 1752
Each depicting the interiors of a Roman sculpture gallery, two inscribed at the top, 'AERAE CHRISTI SAECULUM PRIMUM, the other two inscribed 'AERAE CHRISTI SAECULUM SECUNDUM, each inscribed at the bottom 'DEMONSTRATIO HISTORIAE ECCLESIASTICAE QUADRIPARTITAE COMPROBATAE MONUMENTIS PERTINENTIBUS AD FIDEM TEMPORUM ET GESTORUM', within a stiff-leaf carved parcel-gilt and ebonised moulded later frame
27¾ x 60 in. (70.5 x 152.5 cm.) [without frame]; 38¾ x 71 in. (98.5 x 180.5 cm.) [with frame] (4)