Caption
The Campidolio in the year 1618, Capitoline Hill in Rome, Monuments and buildings erected during the pontificates of Popes Paul V and Sixtus V, print, album page, Series number 9, 12, View of the Capitoline Hill with the Piazza del Campidoglio and the palaces with the Capitoline Museums. In the center, the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Title in Italian above the image. Print is part of an album., inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 705 et 464, Ende lib. No. 21. fol. 402 &...', number: '14', printmaker: Matthäus Greuter, Rome, provider of privilege: Paulus V, Vatican City, 1618, paper, engraving, height 179 mm x width 225 mm, This print is part from a series of twelve prints with monuments and buildings erected during the pontificates of Pope Paul V and Sixtus V., square, circus, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, representation of real building (either existing or having existed), Capitol, Piazza del Campidoglio, Palazzo Senatorio (Rome), Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Palazzo dei Conservatori, A wide engraved view of a formal square framed by balustrades and staircases with a central oval pool and fountain, flanked by statuary on pedestals and a mounted equestrian statue in the pool; large classical buildings rise on the far side and to the right with colonnaded facades and decorative rooftop statues, a grand stair leads up to the square from the foreground, small human figures are scattered around the square and on the steps, ornamental reliefs and architectural details decorate the building fronts, and a horse-drawn carriage is visible descending a ramp at the lower right.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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