The Column of Trajan in Rome – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures The Column of Trajan in Rome in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Column of Trajan in Rome
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The Column of Trajan, raised in Rome in the early second century to commemorate the Emperor Trajan's campaigns in Dacia, is the subject here, shown as an engraving by Ambrosius Brambilla. The plate was issued as an illustration in a 1773 Roman publication devoted to the column's spiral reliefs, which wind up the monument's shaft in a continuous band of carved scenes. Eighteenth-century scholars and travelers often studied and copied these reliefs, since they offered a detailed record of Roman military dress, equipment, and warfare. Its appearance in a dedicated survey shows how the monument had become a standard object of antiquarian interest by that time.
| Created / published | 1773 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Ambrosius Brambilla. Illus. in: Columæ Trjani ortographia, Romæ, J.G. Salomonius, 1773. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; B.I.; Monuments; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,199 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143810 |
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