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Garden of the Hesperides, Gli Esperidi Roma, Gardens in Rome, Li giardini di Roma con le loro piante alzate e vedute in prospettiva disegnate e intagliate da Gio. Battista Falda, print, album page, View in the Garden of the Hesperides with four Hesperides in the foreground decorating the Capitoline Lupa, who is nursing the twins Romulus and Remus, with flowers. In the background, a fountain with a sculpture of Atlas carrying the celestial globe on his back. In the foreground on the right, Hercules sits before a pillar with a dedication to Livio Odescalchi. In the upper right, two putti carrying a crowned coat of arms. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Arnold van Westerhout, Italy, after design by Giovanni Battista Manelli, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome, grantor of privilege: Innocent XI, Vatican City, dedicated by: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, dedicated to: Livio Odescalchi, in or before 1683, Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Innocent XI, Livio Odescalchi, printmaker, after design by, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 326 mm x width 445 mm, Print is part of a series of 20 prints (title print) with views of gardens in Rome., Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf, 'Lupa Romana', (story of) Hercules (Heracles), garden, garden fountain, (story of) Atlas, Tthe Garden of the Hesperides, the Hesperides, guardians of the tree with golden apples, A detailed monochrome engraving showing a formal garden scene with sculpted hedges, balustrades, and a central fountain where a statue pours water from a vessel into a basin; several women in classical drapery gather flowers and carry baskets while a reclining man gestures from the right foreground near a large reclining animal figure; putti fly above holding vases and a large heraldic shield beneath a crown, with streams of water falling from the vases; other figures

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Garden Hesperides Gli Esperidi Roma Gardens Rome Li giardini di Roma con le loro piante alzate e vedute prospettiva disegnate e intagliate da Gio Battista Falda print album page View four Hesperides foreground decorating Capitoline Lupa nursing twins Romulus Remus flowers background fountain sculpture Atlas carrying celestial globe back foreground right Hercules sits pillar dedication Livio Odescalchi upper right two putti carrying crowned coat arms Print part album printmaker Arnold van Westerhout Italy design Giovanni Battista Manelli publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi grantor privilege Innocent XI Vatican City dedicated 1683 paper etching height 326 mm x width 445 mm series 20 prints title print views gardens Romulus washed ashore suckled -wolf Lupa Romana story of Hercules Heracles garden garden fountain Atlas Tthe Garden guardians tree golden apples detailed monochrome engraving showing formal scene sculpted hedges balustrades central fountain statue pours water vessel basin several women classical drapery gather flowers carry baskets reclining man gestures near large reclining animal figure putti fly holding vases large heraldic shield beneath crown streams water falling vases figures