Bird's-eye view of the Villa d'Este gardens

People:

Etienne Du Pérac (etcher)
Ambrogio Brambilla (etcher)

Title:

Bird's-eye view of the Villa d'Este gardens

Date:

printed from plates reworked in 1581

Description:

- This print, which bears the publisher's name, Chlaudio Duchetto, and the date 1581, is a second edition of a print first published in 1573 by Antoine Lafreri as part of the 'Speculum Romae Magnificentiae'. The original plate engraved by Etienne Dupérac has here been reworked by Ambrogio Brambilla. Brambilla's monogram can be seen at the lower right of this print, in the obscure mark near the number 35 (Hemphill).

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 36.8 x 51.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0424

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Paper worn thin in two places at u.r. Small worm hole at l.r. and fragments of transparent tape along t. edge.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the plate above the image, t.: with title and "FATTA DALLA FE.ME; [D] HIPPOLITO DA ESTE CARD. DI FERRARA." inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.r.: "In Roma. apresso Chlaudio Duchetto; lanno.1581." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the plate on and below the image, throughout: with thirty-five numbers identifying the villa and features of the garden, keyed to a legend at the bottom numbered - by a modern hand, in graphite, on the print within the plate mark, u.r.: "71"

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

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