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Fontane diverse che si vedano nel' Alma Città di Roma et altre parte d’ Italia

Etching
1618 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Maggi (designer)
Maggi (printmaker)
Place of origin
Rome (printed)

Etching.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
TitleFontane diverse che si vedano nel' Alma Città di Roma et altre parte d’ Italia (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Giovanni Maggi. Print from the suite 'Fontane diverse che si vedano nel'Alma Città di Roma', showing the fountain in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Italian, 1618. Italian, 1618.
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • Cut to approx. height: 21.2cm
  • Cut to approx. width: 15.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in the lower centre: 'Fontana nella Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano' and 'Ioannes Maggius. inci.' in the lower left of the print.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.310, 6 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 3597.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 2, 8280-8337.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
13256:5

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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