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Palatium nobiliss. familiae Matteiorum, Façade of Villa Celimontana in Rome, Famous buildings in Rome and beyond, Palazzi diversi nel'alma cità di Roma, et altre, print, album page, Print is part of an album., inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 295., End lib. No. 21. fol. 389., End lib. No. 2. fol. 32.', number: '24', printmaker: Jacobus Laurus, Rome, publisher: Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, grantor of privilege: Urbanus VIII, Vatican City, 1638, Jacobus Laurus, Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Urbanus VIII, printmaker, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 180 mm x width 236 mm, Print is part of a series of prints (title print) of famous buildings in Rome and elsewhere., façade (of house or building), hôtel, i.e. small palace in city, Villa Celimontana, An architectural elevation drawing of a multi-story classical building rendered in fine black lines on a light background, showing a symmetrical facade with a large central doorway accessed by a curved set of steps and flanked by pairs of rectangular windows with decorative surrounds, multiple rows of evenly spaced windows above with variations in frame detail, horizontal cornices separating the stories, a balustraded balcony band on one level, rusticated corner blocks, and a shallow pitched roof with closely hatched shading; the building surface is stippled to indicate texture and the entire composition is bordered by a thin rectangular frame.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_262

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Keywords

Palatium nobiliss familiae Matteiorum Façade Villa Celimontana Rome Famous buildings beyond Palazzi diversi nel'alma cità di Roma et altre print album page Print part album inscription Ende lib No 23 fol 295 lib 21 389 2 32 number 24 printmaker Jacobus Laurus publisher Giovanni Battista de Rossi grantor privilege Urbanus VIII Vatican City 1638 paper etching height 180 mm x width 236 mm series prints title print famous buildings elsewhere façade of house building hôtel small palace city architectural elevation drawing multi-story classical building rendered fine black lines light background showing symmetrical facade large central doorway accessed curved set steps flanked pairs rectangular windows decorative surrounds multiple rows evenly spaced windows variations frame detail horizontal cornices separating stories balustraded balcony band level rusticated corner blocks shallow pitched roof closely hatched shading building surface stippled indicate texture entire composition bordered thin rectangular frame