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Tuesday 20 June 2023 e Wednesday 21 June 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Roma - Mortier, Pierre

Obeliscus Flaminius vujius notas hucusq reconditas Ferdinandus III Caesar and tenebris in lucem vindicavit, by Athanasii Kirchri, 1704

Estimate

€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 232

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

 Amsterdam 1704, mm. 745 x 603, copper engraving, colored from the period, which represents the four sides of the obelisk, decorated with hieroglyphs, an elegant cartouche with title, in the background a beautiful view of  piazza del Popolo, light browning, central fold, slight tears, in a gilded wooden frame.


Specialist Notes

The interpretation of the scriptures and the original publication of the print took place by the famous Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher.