Allegory on the road to Rome Title page for A Berger, Histoire des grands chemins de l'empire romain, 1728 Landscape with in the foreground a Roman engineer showing a road map to a magistrate. Links to the fore the Tiber, with Romulus, Remus and the wolf resting by the side of the river. In the background men leveling a road. In the margin a vijfregelig signature in Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building) in its draft: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1728 Physical features: etching and engra dimensions: plate edge: H 220 mm b × 159
Allegory on the road to Rome Title page for A Berger, Histoire des grands chemins de l'empire romain, 1728 Landscape with in the foreground a Roman engineer showing a road map to a magistrate. Links to the fore the Tiber, with Romulus, Remus and the wolf resting by the side of the river. In the background men leveling a road. In the margin a vijfregelig signature in Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building) in its draft: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1728 Physical features: etching and engra dimensions: plate edge: H 220 mm b × 159 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Bergier, Nicolas. Histoire des grands chemins de l'empire romain, contenant l'origine, progrès & etendue quasi incroyable chemins des militaires, pavez depuis la ville de Rome jusques aux extremitez the son empire. Où se voit la grandeur and incomparable la puissance des Romains; l'ensemble éclaircissement ... Part I. Brussels: Jean Léonard, 1728. Subject: engineeringpersonification or river Tiber; "Tevere" (Ripa) Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; "Lupa Romana'smoothing, flattening (industrial process) studying a map (+ ~ traffic places) Where: Tiber
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