Arenas and amphitheaters Print

Accession number: 
PML 140007, no. 240
Published: 
[Hague] : [Chez A. De Rogissart], [1718]
Description: 
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark: 151 x 158 mm; sheet: 190 x 207 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
Impression of an engraving issued as an illustration in: L'Europe savante, volume v (La Haye : Chez A. De Rogissart, 1718), page 198 (facing).

Summary: 

Plate with three designs numbered "Fig. 1-3"; two designs at right depict the "Autel de l'Abside de Lyon", and the "Amphitheatre de Doué"; larger design at left depicts the Roman arena, with men engaged in combat and being attacked by wild animals.

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