Roma

Etching and engraving, circa 1690. 

In the top centre the SPQR coat of arms surmounted by a crown.  The initial prototype for this type of panorama is identifiable in the panorama engraved by Silvestre in 1642  - see among other things the bell towers of St. Peter's that had just been built and immediately afterwards demolished for static reasons - and therefore depicts Rome in the mid 17th century. The buildings are hardly recognisable and the Tiber follows a wrong path under Trinità dei Monti. The print shows a foreground with hills and trees against the light without any characters, and a key-legend of 12 items. The name of the author is not written on the engraving but only on the title page, which could not be found anyway; it is not clear either if Wagner is the author or the publisher. Engraved before 1694, the year Wagner died. According to some scholars the publisher could be J. Wollf and the date of publication moved to around 1710" (cf. Marigliani p. 198). 

Good state of preservation. Rare.