A View of Amphitheatre, at Rome, as it now appears

Veduta del Colosseo in rovina, tratta da un dipinto di Thomas Smith che deriva da un disegno di Giovanni Battista Busiri. Acquaforte, 1746, firmata in lastra in basso. Scritta sotto l'immagine con il titolo che continua "It was begun by Vespasian, and finish'd by his son Titus An: Dom: 65; it is above 600 feet in length, 500 in breadth, & 200 in height; cost ten Millions of Crowns, and held with ease 87000 Spectators". Esemplare del secondo stato, con la data 1769 e il dettaglio della produzione: "Busiri del: T. Smith pin: / F. Vivares sculp./" e ' "Publish'd 1769 by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, No. 90/J. Bowles in Cornhill, No. 13 & H. Parker in Cornhill, London". François Vivares (1709 - 1780) è stato un paesaggista francese, attivo in Inghilterra. Fu attivo al Golden Head in Porter Street vicino a Leicester Fields (1749) e al Golden Head in (Great) Newport Street vicino a Leicester Fields (dal 1755) e al 13 Great Newport Street (sempre al Golden Head) dal 1771. Vivares espose incisioni presso la Incorporated Society of Artists nel 1766 e nel 1768. Fu uno dei principali collegamenti tra il mondo della stampa francese e quello britannico, ed ebbe un'altissima reputazione in Francia, dove fu considerato il più grande incisore di paesaggi, e fu il principale insegnante della scuola inglese di incisione al tratto. Le sue tavole, circa 160, furono in gran parte pubblicate da John Boydell. Bella impressione su carta coeva, con ampi margini, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Elizabeth Miller in 'Print Quarterly' IX 1992, pp. 272ff. View of a ruined amphitheatre with walled gardens extending diagonally into the foreground on either side, a woman washing linen in a large basin surrounded by classical masonry, a statue of man with a dog on the left, a lion to the right and a man and woman carrying washing down the steps towards it. After a painting of Thomas Smith taken from a drawing by Giovanni Battista Busiri. Etching, 1746, lettered below the image with the title continuing "It was begun by Vespasian, and finish'd by his son Titus An: Dom: 65; it is above 600 feet in length, 500 in breadth, & 200 in height; cost ten Millions of Crowns, and held with ease 87000 Spectators.". Example of the second state, with the date 1769 and the production detail: "Busiri del: T. Smith pin: / F. Vivares sculp./ 2" and publication line: "Publish'd 1769 by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, No. 90/J. Bowles in Cornhill, No. 13 & H. Parker in Cornhill, London". François Vivares (1709 - 1780) was a French landscape architect, active in England. He was active at the Golden Head in Porter Street near Leicester Fields (1749) and at the Golden Head in (Great) Newport Street near Leicester Fields (from 1755) and at 13 Great Newport Street (also at the Golden Head) from 1771. Vivares exhibited etchings at the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766 and 1768. He was one of the main links between the French and British printmaking worlds, and had a very high reputation in France, where he was considered the greatest landscape engraver, and was the principal teacher of the English school of line engraving. His plates, about 160 in number, were largely published by John Boydell. A fine impression con contemporary paper, with wide margins, very good condition. Bibliografia Elizabeth Miller in 'Print Quarterly' IX 1992, pp. 272ff. Cfr.