ROSSINI GOOD ENGRAVING OF THE ARCH OF JANUS ROME 1820

VEDUTA DI FRANCA DELL ARCO DI GIANO

£200

ROSSINI, Luigi.

Veduta di fianco dell'Arco di Giano. Rome. 1820

Finely engraved view of Arch of Janus Rome.

The Arch of Janus is the only quadrifrons triumphal arch preserved in Rome. It was set up in the early 4th century AD at a crossroads at the northeastern limit of the Forum Boarium,close to the Velabrum, over the Cloaca Maxima drain that went from the Forum to the River Tiber.

Figures in foreground

Very good condition