Piazza Colonna / Place Colonne

Reference: S45409
Author Mariano Vasi
Year: 1824
Zone: Piazza Colonna
Measures: 120 x 90 mm
€40.00

Reference: S45409
Author Mariano Vasi
Year: 1824
Zone: Piazza Colonna
Measures: 120 x 90 mm
€40.00

Description

Veduta incisa da Mariano Vasi per l’ITINERARIO ISTRUTTIVO DI ROMA E DELLE SUE VICINANZE COMPILATO GIÀ DA MARIANO VASI ORA RIVEDUTO, CORRETTO, ED ACCRESCIUTO di Antonio Nibby, pubblicato nel 1824 da Luigi Nicoletti.

Incisione in rame, in buono stato di conservazione.

Mariano Vasi (Roma, 1744 – Roma, 1820 - 1822)

Mariano Vasi was an Italian publisher and entrepreneur in the field of intaglio. Mariano is the son of the famous engraver of Sicilian origin Giuseppe Vasi. Lacking an autonomous artistic personality and defined, Mariano joined his father in the intaglio workshop, located on the ground floor of Palazzo Farnese in Rome. At the death of his father, in 1782, Mariano continued to publish his works, including the Magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, (Magnificences of ancient and modern Rome), commissioning various artists - usually of modest standing - to modify them or to paint them in watercolor, where necessary. Mariano also continued to publish and update the tourist guides written by his father, first and foremost the Itinerario Istruttivo divided into eight days. In the final part of his career, he opened a bookstore in Via del Babuino, in Rome.

Mariano Vasi (Roma, 1744 – Roma, 1820 - 1822)

Mariano Vasi was an Italian publisher and entrepreneur in the field of intaglio. Mariano is the son of the famous engraver of Sicilian origin Giuseppe Vasi. Lacking an autonomous artistic personality and defined, Mariano joined his father in the intaglio workshop, located on the ground floor of Palazzo Farnese in Rome. At the death of his father, in 1782, Mariano continued to publish his works, including the Magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, (Magnificences of ancient and modern Rome), commissioning various artists - usually of modest standing - to modify them or to paint them in watercolor, where necessary. Mariano also continued to publish and update the tourist guides written by his father, first and foremost the Itinerario Istruttivo divided into eight days. In the final part of his career, he opened a bookstore in Via del Babuino, in Rome.