Pozzuoli. - "Vue du Temple de Jupiter Serapis a Pouzol" Anonymous aquatint copper etching Ca. 1821 This view is a reconstruction of the ãMacellum" of the Roman colony of Puteoli, the antique market place of what is now called Pozzuoli on the Gulf of Naples. This market was built in the second century A.D. It was destroyed by various earth quakes. When excavated in the 18th century only remnants were found in an architectural arrangement, however, that it allowed reconstruction.

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Pozzuoli. - "Vue du Temple de Jupiter Serapis a Pouzol"

Anonymous aquatint copper etching

Ca. 1821

This view is a reconstruction of the ãMacellum" of the Roman colony of Puteoli, the antique market place of what is now called Pozzuoli on the Gulf of Naples. This market was built in the second century A.D. It was destroyed by various earth quakes. When excavated in the 18th century only remnants were found in an architectural arrangement, however, that it allowed reconstruction. There may be phantasy involved. But written descriptions also helped the imagination of the anonymous artist. What we look at is sheer antique architectural beauty.

Margins have some minor foxing. Otherwise very good condition.

Image: 21 x 27,7 cm (ca. 8.3 x 10.9")
Pozzuoli (Pezzulo; Puteoli); Naples, Italian region of Campania; Phlegrean Peninsula. Serapis or Sarapis (wsjr-ḥp, ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ Userhapi "Osiris-Apis, Sorapis; Σόραπις); Graeco-Egyptian deity.