Prospetto di Roma verso ponente [graphic]. ca. 1750.

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Vasi, Giuseppe, 1710-1782. Prospetto di Roma verso ponente [graphic].

Prospetto di Roma verso ponente [graphic]. ca. 1750.

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Preparatory drawing for the engraving "Prospetto dell'alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo", which was first published by Vasi in 1765. Vasi's authorship of the preparatory drawing is well documented, including Mariano Vasi's statement in the 1786 edition of "Indice istorico ..", where he writes "C'est le point de vue d'où mon pêre pri le dessin de la grande perspective de Rome qu'il a gravée" (cf. Bier). In 1848, Antonio Nibby confirms that the preparatory drawing is in Vasi's hand. The drawing also bears a mutilated inscription in the lower left corner "Giov B. ... disegni per Giuseppe Vasi". Giovanni B. may be identified with Giovanni Brun who is known to have re-engraved Nolli's 1748 map of Rome (with its borders by Piranesi), first for Vasi in ca. 1780, after Vasi's death, for Carlo Losi in 1785 and again for himself in 1798 and 1801. Brun's name also replaces Vasi's on the small map of Rome (first published in the 1777 ed. of "Itinerario ... ", and in the later Vari-Nibby editions of "Itinerario ..." (cf. repository's research files). The drawing includes in the left foreground a small structure, not present in the engraving.

1 drawing : black chalk and black ink or watercolor on paper, canvas backing ; visible image 82 x 248.5 cm., in frame 120 x 270 cm.

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