A view of the west side of the Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

People:

François Poilly the Younger (engraver (printmaker))
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (architect)

Title:

A view of the west side of the Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

Date:

1707

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

veduta

Technique and media:

Engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 69.8 x 48.0 cm sheet: 75.3 x 55.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0273

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Inscription:

inscribed - OBELISCVM Ab IMP. ANT. Caracalla Romam Advectum Cum Inter Circi Castrensis Rudera Confractus Div Iacuisset/INNOCENTIVS DECIMVS PONT.OPT. MAX. Ad Fontis Foriq Ornatum Transtulit Instauravit Erexit/Anno Sal MDCLI Pontificatus Sui VII/Tabula prima, quae eiusdem obelisci ac fontis Agonalis prospectum a parte occidentali ostendit (imprinted, across top), Opus Equitis Ioannis Laurentij Bernini (imprinted, lower left), Franciscus Poilly/Io.Iacobus de Rubeis form Romae a Templum S.tae Ma.ae de Pace (imprinted, lower right)

Location:

Rome; Italy;

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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