Vetera monumenta quae in hortis Caelimontanis et in aedibus Matthaeiorum adservantur : nunc primum in unum collecta et adnotationibus illustrata

Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763 · 1776 · Romae : Sumptibus Venantij Monaldini Bibliopolae · 22 pictures

Vetera monumenta, published in Rome in 1776 by Ridolfino Venuti, is a scholarly catalogue of classical sculptures held in the Mattei family's Roman collections, aimed at antiquarians and collectors. Its full-page engravings show standing statues of gods and figures on plain plinths, drawn in fine crosshatched line with inscribed names beneath, offering a designer clean, legible examples of classical figure poses and draped Roman costume.

Mattei, Ciriaco, 1542-1614 -- Art collections · Museo Pio-Clementino (Vatican City) -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 · Epitaphs -- Italy -- Rome -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800 · Sculpture, Classical -- Private collections -- Early works to 1800 · Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800

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