Plan of Rome near Monte Testaccio with ballistics calculations

People:

Pietro Bracci (engineer)
Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)

Title:

Plan of Rome near Monte Testaccio with ballistics calculations

Date:

1735

Description:

- This plan of Rome near Monte Testaccio includes fortifications and the identification of prominent landmarks such as the pyramid of Gaius Cestius.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink and brown, orange, red, and green wash over black chalk and possibly graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 50.9 x 35.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:090

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

site plan

Point of View:

aerial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There is an old fold across the c. of the sheet. The drawing is framed by a pen and brown ink double border just inside the edge of the sheet.

Inscription:

signed, dated, and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, touched up with brown ink, l.l.: "Pietro Bracci Ingegniere F. 1735"; t.: with title; and in various locations: with identification of landmarks such as "Piramide / di. C. Castio" and engineering calculations numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "90"; and u.r.: "90" [written sideways] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "90" [written sideways]

Subject:

engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

city walls
fortifications
military map

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

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