[Bassi rilievi antichi nell'arco di Constantino, e in Campidoglio]

Piccioni, Matteo, approximately 1615-1671 · 1655 · Romae : Gio: Iacomo Rossi formis · 21 pictures

An engraved book of 1655 published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, with plates by Matteo Piccioni reproducing ancient Roman reliefs from the Arch of Constantine and the Capitoline collections for antiquarian readers. The plates show processions of soldiers, horsemen and robed figures carved in low relief, engraved as tightly composed scenes, some set in circular frames and others in rectangles, with the lines of crowded figures and shallow architectural backgrounds that a designer could study for dense group composition and classical staging.

Relief (Sculpture) · Arch of Constantine (Rome, Italy)

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