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Plan of the garden of Duke Girolamo Mattei, Pianta del giardino dell' ecc.mo sig. duca Mattei alla navicella nel Monte Celio, 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, Plan of the garden of Duke Girolamo Mattei in Rome. Top left a cartouche with title. Bottom right a text box with explanatory list of numbers. Print is part of an album., number: '117', inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 1. folio 45., Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 450...', printmaker: Giovanni Battista Falda, Italy, after drawing by Giovanni Battista Falda, after design by Giacomo del Duca, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome, grantor of privilege: Innocent 1683, Giovanni Battista Falda, Giacomo del Duca, Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Innocent title print) with views of gardens in Rome., Person, Girolamo Mattei, garden, plan, map of garden, A detailed bird’s-eye engraving of a formal garden with radiating and rectangular planted beds, tree-lined avenues, hedged parterres, fountains, statues, terraces, and pathways, surrounded by walls and terraces; there are architectural structures including classical buildings, towers, and pavilions with pitched roofs and chimneys, staircases and balustrades, garden ornaments and urns, a decorative cartouche in the sky area, rows of closely spaced trees, clipped hedges forming geometric patterns, circular plazas and radial flowerbeds, terraces with balustrades and steps leading down to lower grounds, a large building complex with an adjoining courtyard and colonnade, and sculpted lion or grotesque motifs integrated into the decorative framing.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Plan garden Duke Girolamo Mattei Pianta del giardino dell ecc.mo sig duca Mattei alla navicella nel Monte Celio Gardens Rome Li giardini di Roma con le loro piante alzate e vedute prospettiva disegnate e intagliate da Gio Battista Falda print album page Top left cartouche title Bottom right text box explanatory list numbers Print part album number 117 inscription Ende lib No 1 folio 45 23 fol 450 printmaker Giovanni Battista Falda Italy drawing design Giacomo del Duca publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi grantor privilege Innocent 1683 Innocent title print views gardens Person Girolamo Mattei plan map detailed bird’s-eye engraving formal garden radiating rectangular planted beds tree-lined avenues hedged parterres fountains statues terraces pathways surrounded walls architectural structures classical buildings towers pavilions pitched roofs chimneys staircases balustrades garden ornaments urns decorative cartouche sky area rows closely spaced trees clipped hedges forming geometric patterns circular plazas radial flowerbeds steps leading down lower grounds large building complex adjoining courtyard colonnade sculpted lion grotesque motifs integrated decorative framing