The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Fontana nella Piazza della Trinita de Monti (...). From 'La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)'.

Fontana nella Piazza della Trinita de Monti (...). From 'La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)'.

Publisher:: Published by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
Date:: 1691 or after
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Plate: 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.3 x 28.9 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of D. W. Langton, transferred from the Library (1991.1073.145)
Accession Number:: 1991.1073.145(15)

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Description

View of the fountain at the bottom of the hill in front of the Trinita dei Monti in Rome (top right of the print). The fountain which was designed by Bernini has the shape of a boat and his known as 'La Barcaccia'.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: 'FONTANA NELLA PIAZZA DELLA TRINITA DE MONTI / nel Rione di Campo Marzo. Architet.a del Cav. Gio. Lorenzo Bernini.'; 'G.B. Falda del. et inc.'; 'G. Iac. Rossi le stampa in Roma alla Pace co Priv. del. S.P.'; '15'
Catalogue Raisonné

TIB 47 pt.2 Comm. pp. 4-29, .005-.055; pp. 41-42, .077-080.
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