Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (Yverdon 1748-1810 Lausanne) and Giovanni Volpato (Bassano 1735-1803 Rome)

The Arch of Septimius Severus seen from the terrace of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, Rome

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Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (Yverdon 1748-1810 Lausanne) and Giovanni Volpato (Bassano 1735-1803 Rome)
The Arch of Septimius Severus seen from the terrace of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, Rome
with signature 'Ducros & Volpato [Volpato erased] and with inscriptions 'Vuë de L' Arc de Septime Severe a Rome' on the mount and 'Le Arc Septimie Severe' on the drawing.
watercolor over printed outlines
20¼ x 29 3/8 in. (516 x 747 mm.)

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This hand-colored engraving is part of a set of forty published in 1780 by Ducros and Volpato as Vues de Rome et de ses environs (G. Marini, Giovanni Volpato, exhib. cat., Bassano del Grappa and Rome, Instituto Nazionale per la Grafica, 1988, nos. 228-267). The preparatory drawing for The Arch of Septimius Severus is in Lausanne (exhibited in Kenwood, the Iveagh Bequest and elsewhere, Images of the Grand Tour, Louis Ducros, 1985, no. 7).

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