Prospetto del Palazzo della Gran Curia Innocenziana per Residenza dei Tribunali fatto erigere nuovamente nel Monte Citorio d
| Reference: | S40586 |
| Author | Alessandro SPECCHI |
| Year: | 1695 |
| Zone: | Montecitorio |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 695 x 480 mm |
€1,250.00
| Reference: | S40586 |
| Author | Alessandro SPECCHI |
| Year: | 1695 |
| Zone: | Montecitorio |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 695 x 480 mm |
€1,250.00
Description
Etching and engraving, 1703, in lower margin: Architettura principiata dal Cav.re Gio: Lorenzo Bernini, e terminata con la Porta, Orologgio, Cortile, e Fabrica interiore dal Cavaliere Carlo Fontana con suo disegno.” A sinistra: Disegnato e intagliato da Allesandro Specchi Architetto' e a destra: 'dato in luce da Dom.co de Rossi erede di Gio. Giac. de Rossi dalle sue stampe in Roma alla Pace con licenza de Sup. e Privil. del Som. Pont.
At lower left: Prospetto interiore del cortile della Curia Innocenziana verso la porta”; nell’immagine a destra “Altro prospetto interiore infaccia all’ingresso.
The engraving reproduces the project by Carlo Fontana for the main facade of the Curia Apostolica to be built on the pre-existing Ludovisi palace, which remained unfinished. The prospectus designed by Bernini remains unchanged. Only a few variations are proposed regarding the functionality of the building: the entrance with three arches and the bell tower with the clock.
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, perfect conditions.
Alessandro SPECCHI (Roma, 1668 - Roma, 1729)
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Italian architect, urban planner and engraver. He studied architecture in the studio of Carlo Fontana and assisted in the construction of Fontana’s chapel of St Fabian (c. 1706) in S Sebastiano fuori le Mura in Rome. From at least 1684 he produced sets of architectural engravings. Many of these were published by Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi and his son Domenico de’ Rossi ( fl 1684–1721), including 52 engravings for Quarto libro del nuovo teatro di palazzi di Roma (Rome, 1699); some of the original plates are housed in the Calcografia Nazionale in Rome. Domenico de’ Rossi’s Studio d’architettura civile (1702–21) provides an architectural record of the city of Rome in 286 plates engraved by Specchi.
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Alessandro SPECCHI (Roma, 1668 - Roma, 1729)
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Italian architect, urban planner and engraver. He studied architecture in the studio of Carlo Fontana and assisted in the construction of Fontana’s chapel of St Fabian (c. 1706) in S Sebastiano fuori le Mura in Rome. From at least 1684 he produced sets of architectural engravings. Many of these were published by Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi and his son Domenico de’ Rossi ( fl 1684–1721), including 52 engravings for Quarto libro del nuovo teatro di palazzi di Roma (Rome, 1699); some of the original plates are housed in the Calcografia Nazionale in Rome. Domenico de’ Rossi’s Studio d’architettura civile (1702–21) provides an architectural record of the city of Rome in 286 plates engraved by Specchi.
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