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View of the Baths of Titus on the Colle Oppio, Rome, with the Colosseum in the background; and View of the entrance to the Villa Cornovaglia (?), Rome, with the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum in the background
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Victor-Jean Nicolle (Paris 1754-1826)
View of the Baths of Titus on the Colle Oppio, Rome, with the Colosseum in the background; and View of the entrance to the Villa Cornovaglia (?), Rome, with the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum in the background
signed 'V. J Nicolle.' (1) and 'V. J. Nicolle.' (2) and inscribed 'Vue dun reste de Gallerie Circulaire des thermes de Titus et d'une partie de l'amphithéâtre de flavius où Colisée a Rome.' (1, verso)
pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, watercolour
8 x 12 3/8 in. (203 x 315 mm.) (a pair) (2)
View of the Baths of Titus on the Colle Oppio, Rome, with the Colosseum in the background; and View of the entrance to the Villa Cornovaglia (?), Rome, with the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum in the background
signed 'V. J Nicolle.' (1) and 'V. J. Nicolle.' (2) and inscribed 'Vue dun reste de Gallerie Circulaire des thermes de Titus et d'une partie de l'amphithéâtre de flavius où Colisée a Rome.' (1, verso)
pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, watercolour
8 x 12 3/8 in. (203 x 315 mm.) (a pair) (2)
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