Designs, ca. 1800.

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Designs, ca. 1800.

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Collection includes: a section of a proposed sculpture museum for the Villa Pinciana, owned by Asprucci's patron, Prince Marc Antonio IV Borghese; a sheet with four designs for pedestals, one with an urn, for the Villa Borghese, by either Asprucci or his son Mario; a sheet of designs for a rusticated triumphal arch, one with an attic and one with a pediment; one sheet of designs for neoclassical and Egyptian fountains; and a plan and an elevation for a ovoid fountain house with two Doric columns in antis on each rectilinear face and standing figures around the perimeter, possibly for the Villa Borghese.

6 sheets.

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Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy)

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Borghese, Marcantonio, principe, 1730-1800

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Villa Pinciana.

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Asprucci, Mario, 1764-1804

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The architect Antonio Asprucci, worked extensively on the Villa Borghese, particularly the casino and park, 1782-1802. Mario Asprucci worked with his father on this commission and some of his drawings can also be found in the Getty Center's collection of Antonio Asprucci architectural drawings for the Villa Borghese, Accn. no. 880400*, 880400**. Italian architect, son of architect Antonio Asprucci, 1723-1808. From the description of Villa Borghese ceiling and...

Asprucci, Antonio, 1723-1808

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Italian architect. From the description of Architectural drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770-ca. 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82151902 From the description of Designs, ca. 1800. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 122592251 ...