View of the Opening of One of the Principle Entrances to the Colosseum
Luigi Rossini, Italian, 1790 - 1857
1817
Etching on wove paper
Sheet: 17 × 12 1/2 in. (43.2 × 31.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Professor Harry E. Burton, Class of 1908H
PR.945.34.3
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Rossini fece Roma 1817; center: Veduta degl'avanzi d'uno de Principali ingressi del Colosseo; lower right: 34
Provenance
Professor Harry Edwin Burton (1868-1945); given to present collection, 1945.
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