A front view of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola

People:

Giuseppe Vasi (draughtsman)
Giuseppe Vasi (engraver (printmaker))
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (architect)
Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (client)

Title:

A front view of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola

Date:

1746

Description:

- This print shows a general view of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola, including the oval exterior staircase, terraces, and outbuildings, as seen from the town below.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

topographical view
veduta

Technique and media:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 49.6 x 72.1 cm sheet: 52.7 x 73.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0668

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

imprinted - b.: "Prospetto principale del celebre Palazzo di Caprarola fatto edificare dal Cardinale Alessandro Farnese l'anno 1547 appartenente alla Maestà di D.na Elisabetta Farnese Regina di Spagna, e / Duchessa Regnante di Parma, e Piacenza & c."; l.l.: "Architettura di Giacomo Barozio da Vignola"; b.: "1. Parte di Caprarola 2. Portico della gran Cantina 3. Scuderia 4. Giardino"; l.l.: "Giuseppe Vasi da Corleone Diocesi di Monreale in Sicilia disegnò, ed inc. in Roma l'ann. 1746"

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
topographic

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

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