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Matthew Dubourg
The Claudian Aquaduct (Porta Maggiore)

1820

$900
£672.97
€785.99
CA$1,264.50
A$1,280.69
CHF 735.69
MX$15,530.04
NOK 8,533.95
SEK 8,686.58
DKK 5,876.12

About the Item

London: J. Taylor, 1820. Etching with aquatint and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper with a gilded edge, 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (290 x 374 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with extremely fresh and pleasant coloration. Plate No. 23 from Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome and Its Vicinity. Printed 1844. The Porta Maggiore is one of the most significant urban sites for an understanding and view of the ancient aqueducts. It is a monumental double archway built of white travertine. It was first known as the Porta Prenestina, perhaps a reference to the road over which it passes (the Via Praenestina). The "gate," built in 52 AD by the emperor Claudius, was originally intended to provide a decorative section of support for two aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus. At that time these aqueducts crossed the ancient Via Labicana and Praenestina roads thereby providing the opportunity to create at this location a sort of triumphal arch to the conquest of nature and its conqueror, the emperor Claudius. The two channels of these aqueducts, (the Aqua Claudia and Aqua Anio Novus), one lying on top of the other, can be seen when viewing the cross-section running through the travertine attic at the top of the gate.

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