An original etching by Francesco Morelli, dated 1796 depicting the Cecilia Metella Sepulcher with some figures in the front, one of the Grand Tour monuments in Rome François Morel was born around 1768 in the France-Comté and died after 1830. He was an artisti of the Volpato school. He worked in Italy and above all in Rome where he engraved religious subjects and landscapes. Bibl. E. Benezit, Vol. 9, p. 833, Grund 1999. It is set in Pompeian red passe-partout, within an ebonized wooden frame. Good age related condition, a small laceration on the lower part, has been reduced in the margins, wear consistent with age and use. Frame measures 44 cm x 50 cm.

A lot of five original Italian etchings by Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone, 1710 - Rome, 1782) an Italian engraver, master of Giovan Battista Piranesi, best known for his Roman views, this lot of five late 18th century Italian etchings comes from the collection of 200 plates, Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna (1747-61) and depicts the following view of Rome: TEMPIO DEL SOLE, E DELLA LUNA, ESISTENTE PRESSO L’ARCO DI TITO signed G. Vasi dis. e inc. and n. 102 on the left. CHIESA DI SS. NEREO E ACHILLEO 1 Terme di Antonino Caracalla. 2 Chiesa di San Balbina. 3 Chiesa dei detti SS. 4 Vigna dei Padri Gesuiti. 5 Chiesa di San Sisto Papa. 6 Via Nuova. Signed G. V. inc. and n. 58 on the left. CHIESA DI SAN MARIA IN MONTICELLI 1 Convento e chiesa parrocchiale di S. Maria in Monticelli. 2 Palazzo del Marchese Panira. 3 Palazzo Santa Croce e piazza de Branca Signed G. V. inc. and n. 112 on the left. S.MARIA IN DOMINICA 1 Chiesa di Santo Stefano Rotondo. 2 Forme dell’Acqua Claudia. 3 Villa Mattei. 4 Chiesa di S. Maria in Dominica. 5 Avanzi della Ch. di S. Tommaso in Formis. 6 Iscrizione antica. Signed G. Vasi dis. e inc. and n.52 on the left. CHIESA DI SAN MARCO 1 Parte del Palaz. della Serenissima Rep. di Venezia con giardino pensile. 2 Arco che dal medesi. palaz. si passa in Campidoglio. 3 Chiesa del SS. Nome di Maria. 4 Statua della Madonna Lucrezia. Signed G. V. inc. and n. 115 on the left. Good age related condition, set with passe-partout in modern walnut burl frames, wear consistent with age - 1780 circa - and use. Height: 24 sheet (39) cm Width: 36 sheet (51.5) cm