Ruins of Ancient Rome
Johann Sebastian Müller (Nuremburg c.1715 - 1792)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1753
Materials
Hand coloured etching on paper
Measurements
350 x 485 x 25 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731047.4
Summary
One of a set of six hand coloured etchings on paper, Ruins of Ancient Rome, Johann Sebastian Müller (Nuremburg c.1715 - 1792) after Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacanza c.1692 - Rome 1765), printed for and sold by R. Sayer, H. Overton, T. Bowles, J. Bowles & Son, London, published 1753. A capriccio with, from left to right: the Temple of Hercules, the Temple of the Sibyl, the arches of an ancient Roman aquedut, possibly the Pont du Gard, the Temple of Fortuna Virilis, the Borghese vase.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Makers and roles
Johann Sebastian Müller (Nuremburg c.1715 - 1792), etcher after Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacanza c.1692 - Rome 1765) , artist