Pair of Antique 18th/19th C. Hand-Colored Roman Engravings – Trajan & Marcus Aurelius Columns

Provenance Custom Framed by J. Pocker & Son, NYC 1970s-1980s.

Each Frame Approx. 13 1/8" Wide x 13 1/8" High.

Each Engraving Image Approx. 5 1/4" Wide x 5 1/4" High.

18th/19th Century Italian School / Grand Tour Era.

Matching pair of original antique hand-pressed line engravings on paper with finely executed, hand-applied watercolor washes.

Elegant, smaller square-format perspective architectural views.

1. Colonna Antonina (The Column of Marcus Aurelius in Piazza Colonna, Rome).

2. Colonna Trajana (Trajan's Column depicting the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto in the background).

The engraving rests securely inside a premium custom museum grade frame with high-end French matting.

The Reverse features one with the original studio label of J. Pocker & Son, the Historic Upper East Side New York framing institution celebrated since 1926 for serving elite Galleries, Designers, and Private Collections (and one shows spot where sticker was). Additionally, the backing retains the Official Collection Inventory Label (No. 57 Ref. #TC-4 & #TC-5) from the Private Estate of David J. Bikoff, M.D., P.A., of New Jersey. Adding excellent documentation and provenance to the piece. 

Excellent antique condition. Both pieces remain in excellent antique condition. The underlying intaglio printing lines are crisp and deep, and the hand-painted watercolor washes show brilliant, un-faded color saturation. The paper sheets are remarkably clean with no notable foxing or tearing.