Ancient World, Mythology, Nuptiae, Wedding For Sale

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Ancient World, Mythology, Nuptiae, Wedding

“Nuptiae” (wedding)

Copper etching of sculptured frieze

Published in “Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Skulptural Vestigia”

Plate 53 of this collection

Author: Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700)

Editor / Publisher: Giacomo Giovanni de Rossi (1627-1691)

Rome, after Rossi’s death 1693

Subject matter of frieze is a classical Roman wedding.

Original antique print 

Image in very good condition. Margins show some age toning, especially alongside edges.

Image: 17,2 x 42 cm (ca. 6.7 x 16.5″)

Sheet: 33 x 47 cm (ca. 13 x 18.5″)
Keywords:
bride and the groom; Iuno; Hymen;  priest, a sacrificial lamb; Tyche  San Lorenzo fuori; Petrus Sanctus Bartol; 
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