"Pair Of Optical Views (18th Century)."
“View of the Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Tonnant in Rome” and “View of the Ruins of Babylon”. In Paris, Huquier fils. Around 1760. Original copper engravings on laid paper with watercolor highlights and “mirror” titles in capital letters in the upper part. The “View of the Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Tonnant in Rome” is made after an engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi known as Le Piranèse (1717-1768) made around 1753-1754. Height: 27 cm. Width: 40 cm - Height: 23 cm. Width: 42 cm.