Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: "View of the Casino nobile of the Villa Borghese captured from the avenue facing the entrance" (Plate 23)

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
200181
Title: 
"View of the Casino nobile of the Villa Borghese captured from the avenue facing the entrance" (Plate 23)
Dates: 
1809
Location: 
Europe--France--Ile-de-France--Paris
Location Type: 
Creation
Culture: 
French
Period: 
Empire
Creator: 
draftsman Percier, Charles 1764-1838 French
Creator: 
printmaker Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard 1762-1852 French
Techniques: 
engraving (printing process)
Measurements: 
19.7 x 27.3 cm
Repository: 
Bronx, NY, USA, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Repository Number: 
NA7594.P47
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Engraving (prints)
Subjects: 
Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy); Casinos (garden structures); Facades; Garden sculpture; Allées; Borghese Family; Monte Pincio (Rome, Italy); Parks (recreation areas); Axes (open spaces); Sight lines
Work Notes: 
In: "Selection of the most celebrated pleasure houses of Rome and its environs". Published by Impr. P. Didot l'aine.
Copyright Notice: 
(c) The New York Botanical Garden
Rights Type: 
fair use
Point: 
6