Luigi Rossini

Luigi Rossini was a great Italian artist of the 19th century. He began working in Bologna, where he studied with Antonio Giuseppe Basoli (1744-1843), and at the same time he took an interest in attending architectural lectures, thanks to which he won a prize in 1813 which led him to Rome. Rossini studied in Rome between 1817 - 1824, where he engraved many large plates of ancient architecture of that city. The greater part of his work appeared in a collected edition of seven Imperial folio volumes published in 1829, under the title ANTICHITA ROMANE./LE ANTICHITA' ROMANE OSSIA RACCOLTA DELLE PIU INTERESSANTI VEDUTE DI ROMA ANTICA etc etc . Collectively, the plates have strength, especially in dealing with masses of dark masonry.  His record of temples, public baths, basilicas and other monuments commemorate the strength and beauty of Roman masonry, and were accurate enough to be used by practising architects, as well as other serious students of classical antiquity. Indeed, several views recorded ancient monuments which would disappear within a short period, leaving only Rossini's records of the 19th century excavations.

  from:-   LE ANTICHITA ROMANE [The Rome of Antiquity, a collection of the most interesting Views of Ancient Rome. Drawn and engraved by the Architect and Engraver Luigi Rossini., Rome, Scudellari, 1819-29] Folio

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   etched plates from Le Antichita dei contorni di Roma, pub. 1826, , depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details.Edge tear base line easily mended covered by the mount  but a nice dark rich impression .Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1823 Copper engraving with etching

" Rovine della villa di Cajo cassio cogniminate Longino. . . . .. . "

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   etched plates from Le Antichita dei contorni di Roma, pub. 1826, , depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details..Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching

" Sepolcro Regio o Consolare incisco nella Rupe del Monte Albano or nel Convento di Fr Frances di Palazzulo. .. . .. "

 

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   etched plates from Le Antichita dei contorni di Roma, pub. 1826, , depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details..Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching

Interno del Colosseo scavato nel 1813, e ricoperto nel 1814.

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   from the Le Antichita Romane series, depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details

Avanzi delle Sostruzioni della Villa di Marco Bruto Giurista

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   etched plates from Le Antichita dei contorni di Roma, pub. 1826, , depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details..Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching

Veduta dell'Avanzo dell'Anfiteatro Castrense. A. Archi del primo Ordine turati da 

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   from the Le Antichita Romane series, depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details .Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching

Veduta della Rovina di S. Paolo fuori le mura.

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   from the Le Antichita Romane series, depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details .Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching

Terza Veduta della rovina della gran Basilica di S. Paolo fuori le mura 

by Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) these are   from the Le Antichita Romane series, depicting the antiquities of Rome and environs. Carrying on the tradition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and himself an architect, Rossini's prints celebrated the Classical Tradition and appealed to the well-to-do tourists on the Grand Tour and to architects and designers. £220 inc Image slightly lightened to show details .Size    I 594 x 418 mm.Published     Roma 1822 Copper engraving with etching** This plate although one of the rarer is lightly sunned see the white paper  bottom right to show colour alteration