Detail of a fresco in the 'Domus Aureus'

by Marco Carloni, after Franciszek Smugliewicz, Vincenzo Brenna

$450 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. Situated between the Palatine and Esquiline Hills in Rome and designed by architects Severus and Celer, the Domus Aureus Golden House was erected by Nero in 64 AD after the great fire in Rome. The magnitude and decadent extravagance of the impressive gold-covered, jewel bedecked palace was intended to glorify the

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