Porta S. Paolo

Porta S. Paolo is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.

Signed and titled on plate lower margin. 

Good conditions and aged margins with some foxing.

Giuseppe Vasi  (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome. Among his students, there was Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vasi's goal was to represent the Rome of his time. Vasi studied architecture as well so that he was able to represent the monuments of Rome with precision and in much detail.