Sadeler Circus Maximus

Remains of the Circus Maximus, so named for its grandeur as it was larger than others in Rome and was only designated as a Circus to celebrate various types of games and hunts. Even today, you can see the remains of the entire site where the tiers were located for the people to sit and watch the games, as indicated by mark A; at mark B were the prisons; at mark C were underground roads; a broken obelisk which was in the middle of the aforementioned Circus D. and part of the Acqua Crabra that serves today to water the garden that is located E and Mount Aventine F Mount Palatine. View taken from the series "Vestiges of the Antiquities of Rome Tivoli Pozzuolo and other places", that the Sadeler incises, taking them from the series of the French Stefano Du Pérac, with the technique of etching and burin and in reduced format on contemporary laid paper. The work consists of 50 plates published by Marco Sadeler in 1606 in Prague, a very active cultural center, with the same title "Vestiges of the Antiquities of Rome" and the same descriptions of Du Pérac in Italian, without citing the inventor. Court engraver to Rudolf II, Sadeler had traveled in Germany and Italy, staying in Rome in 1593. However, his work also includes views of "... Tivoli, Pozzuolo et altri luochi" which are missing in that of Du Pérac (there are thirteen new plates) in which the naturalistic aspect is accentuated. In perfect condition with wide margins, it is presented in a walnut frame. It is one of the most important iconographic repertoires for passionate Grand Tour travelers. Period: 1600 Height: 28.5 (26.5) cm Width: 41.5 (39.5) cm art. 3996 
Measures H x L x P 28.5 x 41.5 x