Town & Country: A Private Collection
Town & Country: A Private Collection
Twenty-three plates from four books on fountains published by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691), after Giovanni Francesco Venturini (active ca. 1650–1700) and Giovanni Battista Falda (1643–1678)
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December 14, 03:28 PM GMT
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Twenty-three plates from four books on fountains published by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691), after Giovanni Francesco Venturini (active ca. 1650–1700) and Giovanni Battista Falda (1643–1678)
each engraving numbered and titled, thirteen by Venturini and ten by Falda
each framed and glazed
These plates come from De Rossi's four books on Italian fountains;
1. Le fontane di Roma (33 numbered plates, by Falda)
2. Le fontane di Frascati (18 plates by Falda)
3. Le fontane di Roma (28 plates mostly by Venturini, with four by Falda)
4. Le fontane di Tivoli (28 plates by Venturini).