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Incisioni - Roma - Vasi, Giuseppe
Prospectus d. alma city of Rome seen from Mount Janiculum and under the auspices of the sac. Wicked Majesty. of Charles III, king of Spain. Designed and engraved and dedicated to his Majesty by Giuseppe Vasi, Count Palatine and Knight of the Lateran Hall in the year MDCCLXV, 1765
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Etching, Rome 1765, engraved in 12 branches. Exemplary edition dating back to the early 19th century, with margins, light oxidation. Within a modern frame.
Specialist Notes
Famous and monumental perspective view of Rome, taken from a bird's eye view from the Janiculum and dated "1765" on the plaque on the left containing the dedication to Charles III, with the arms of Spain flanked by the personifications of Peace and War. At the bottom centre, on the second sheet from the left, the portrait of the author intent on drawing the view. Below is the "Index of notable things divided into eight days", which lists 390 sites and monuments whose numbers refer to Vasi's famous guide, the instructive itinerary divided into eight days to easily find all the ancient and modern magnificences From Rome. With the monumental topographical maps of Rome produced by Antonio Tempesta, Giovan Battista Falda and Giovan Battista Nolli, the Prospectus of Rome represents the culmination of the history of engraving on the city. Unlike previous efforts, Vasi's vision appears as an immense perspective drawing that depicts her as she then appeared from the garden of Villa Corsini, at the top of the Janiculum hill. Vasi invented several adjustments to the then existing perspective rules, including the vertical lengthening of the lower part of the image. Giuseppe Vasi (1710 – 1782) was an engraver, architect and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761 Vasi published 10 volumes with engravings of the monuments of Rome. At this time Rome's Baroque period was nearing its end, so that its prints constitute a kind of inventory. Among his students was Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vasi's goal was the representation of the Rome of his time. By training Vasi was an architect and was therefore able to represent the monuments of Rome with precision in all details. Exemplar in circulation dating back to the early 19th century.
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