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Giovan Battista Falda
Fountains of Rome; Fontana e castello dell'Acqua

1625

$650
£491.91
€564.98
CA$924.33
A$1,002.17
CHF 528.14
MX$12,187.31
NOK 6,570.89
SEK 6,213.86
DKK 4,217.92

About the Item

Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in the lower margin reads Paulus Quintus Pont. Maxim ... anno DNI MDCXII Pontif.s sui Septimo' and in the margin 'Fontana e castello dell'acqua Paola a S.Pietro Montorio sul Gianicolo, condotta da Paolo V, vicino a Bracciano, Architett.a di Giovanni Fontana', and signed at left 'G.B.Falda del. et inc.' and at right 'G.Iac.Rossi le stampa in Roma alla pace co priv. del SP', and the number '11' in the lower right corner. Printed in 1691. [Bartsch/Le Pientre graveur XXI.241.13] Book I, plate 11: Fountain of San Pietro in Montorio, from "Le fontane delle ville di Frascati nel Tusculano con li loro prospetti" ("The fountains of the Villas of Frascati in Tusculano and their prospects"); a set of four books on fountains published by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691), after Giovanni Francesco Venturini (active ca. 1650–1700) and Giovanni Battista Falda (1643–1678). An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the British Museum, registration number 1928,0713.3. Ex-collection Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, with the gallery label on the mat.
  • Creator:
    Giovan Battista Falda (1643 - 1678)
  • Creation Year:
    1625
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.38 in (21.29 cm)Width: 11.25 in (28.58 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
    Early 17th Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Middletown, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BH13841stDibs: LU1979213158552

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