Foreign Topography

20x12 cm

Place de la Colonne Antoniane ruë de Cours a Rome.
Gravé par Israel Silvestre 
P. Mariette ex Avec privil. du Roy.

Etching by Israel Sylvestre (1621-1691) plate 4 from a series of 12 published in Vues d'Italie. by Pierre Marsette, Paris 1640-1660.

Born in Nancy in 1621, Sylvestre made several trips to Italy from about 1640 to 1653, producing a large number of fine etchings.

Column of Marcus Aurelius in Piazza Colonna, Rome.

Contemporary manuscript notation lower right margin; N^o. ⁴/60

Very good condition.