Domenico Cunego
Italian (1727 - 1803) Primary

After
Charles Louis Clérisseau
French (1722 - 1820) Secondary

Arch of Trajan at Beneventum

Mid-18th centurty - late 18th century

Sheet
17 1/2 in. x 23 in. (44.45 cm x 58.42 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• architecture
• Cunego, Domenico - Sources:
  - nuc87-57692: Omaggio a Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520, c1983
  - Musei capitolini (Rome, Italy). Del Museo capitolino, 1741-82: plate signed (D. Cunego)
  - Benezit, 1999
• etchings - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
• figures - Representations of humans, animals, or mythical beasts, in any medium.
• triumphal arches - Monumental structures containing at least one arched passageway and erected to honor an important person or to commemorate a significant event, particularly a victory in war. The basic form consisted of two piers connected by an arch, over which was placed a superstructure that served as a base for statues and bore commemorative inscriptions. Triumphal arches generally spanned a roadway used for triumphal processions. They are associated with ancient Roman architecture, however, they possibly developed elsewhere or from the Porta Triumphalis, which was a gate in Rome through which the victorious Roman army had to pass before entering the sacred city territory of Rome. "Arco onorario destinato a commemorare una vittoria militare. Nelle basiliche cristiane indica l'arco che divide la navata dal transetto o dal presbiterio."

• Sheet Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 23 in. (44.45 x 58.42 cm)

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