Plate 21: view from the west of ruins of the Aventine Hill, Rome, with boats on the river Tiber in the foreground, from the series 'Ruins of the antiquity of Rome, Tivoli, Pozzuoli, and other places' (Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzvolo et altri luochi)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (17.3 x 27.8 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.716.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
This evocative print, created in 1606 by engraver Aegidius Sadeler II after designs by Etienne DuPérac, captures a sweeping view of the Aventine Hill’s ancient ruins as seen from the west. Boats glide along the Tiber River in the foreground, while small figures of men animate the scene, offering a sense of scale and daily life amid the crumbling remnants of Rome’s classical past. As Plate 21 from the series *Vestigi della antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzuoli et altri luoghi*, the work belongs to a tradition of architectural prints that documented the Eternal City’s decaying monuments for an eag...
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II|Etienne DuPérac · 1568–1629
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague