The Roman Forum, Campo Vaccino, Antique View by Kern of Darmstadt, circa 1850
€ 195
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
Engraved by G. Kern
Publisher
Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11671-155
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Even age toning. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners read as present in the scan.
About this sheet
This is a view of the Roman Forum, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption reads DAS FORUM (Campo Vaccino) IN ROM, German for the Forum (Campo Vaccino) in Rome.
The plate looks past the columns and carved bays of a great triumphal arch at the left toward the portico of the Temple of Saturn at the center, its architrave lettered SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS INCENDIO CONSVMTVM RESTITVIT. Three tall Corinthian columns carrying a fragment of entablature stand on their podium at the right, with houses beyond. A storm sky hangs over the ground, figures in cloaks and hats talk at the center, and fallen blocks lie in the foreground.
The engraver's signature G. Kern sc. Darmstadt is engraved at the lower right just below the image. Below the caption the plate carries the house imprint, Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh. at the lower left and Eigenthum d. Verleger at the lower right. The first is the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen, the second reads "property of the publishers." A roman plate number is engraved at the top right.
The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Its imprint is that of Meyer's Universum, a serial collection of engraved views with descriptive text, published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen from 1833, its plates engraved on steel. The Forum was long known as the Campo Vaccino, the cattle field, after the cattle that grazed among its ruins.
Even age toning. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners read as present in the scan.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
