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Auction 126, Lot 642

"Theatrum Veronense: 1549", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Verona, Italy

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographey

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.4 x 8 inches
36.6 x 20.3 cm
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This is a fabulous view of the grandiose Teatro Romano in Verona. The Roman Theatre was built in the last quarter of the 1st century B.C., at the foot of the Hill of St. Peter on the banks of the Adige River. The engraving is by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch with his monogram RMD on the façade at right.

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Condition: A

There are some faint stains in the blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 12/3/2008

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