A view of the semi-circular portico in the garden of the Villa Albani

People:

Antonio Capellan (engraver (printmaker))
Francesco Panini (draughtsman)
Calcografia Camerale (client)
Carlo Marchionni (architect)

Title:

A view of the semi-circular portico in the garden of the Villa Albani

Date:

published 1780

Description:

- A view of the semi-circular portico in the garden of the Villa Albani opposite the casino. This portico, a one-storied structure comprised of eleven bays, appears to have been constructed to house and display part of Cardinal Albani's famous collection of antiquities.

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: 46.4 x 67.1 cm sheet: 55.4 x 81.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:0578

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

imprinted - l.l.: "Francesco Panini delin."; l.c.: "Prospetto del Portico semicircolare della Villa Albani"; l.r.: "Antonio Capellan incise"; l.c.: [a legend numerically keyed to the image]; l.c.: "In Roma presso Carlo Antonini Incisore Camerale con Privilego l'anno 1780" inscribed - by a modern hand, in graphite, l.l.: "5175"

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
topographic

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

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