Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: "View from the fountain of the steps [Stairs of the bubbling fountains], and the stairs that lead up to the Alley of the hundred fountains" (Plate 12)

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
200934
Title: 
"View from the fountain of the steps [Stairs of the bubbling fountains], and the stairs that lead up to the Alley of the hundred fountains" (Plate 12)
Dates: 
1691
Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
Location Type: 
Creation
Culture: 
Italian; Roman
Period: 
Baroque
Creator: 
printmaker Venturini, Giovanni Francesco 1659-1710 Italian
Techniques: 
engraving (printing process)
Measurements: 
22 x 32.5 cm
Repository: 
New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Engraving (prints)
Subjects: 
Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy); Fountains; Water; Hedges; Water tricks; Outdoor recreation; Garden sculpture; Garden viewing; Stairs; Planters (containers); Donkeys; Boscos; Hills; Terraces; Allées; Potted plants
Work Notes: 
In: "The fountains of the extended gardens in Tivoli, with their perspectives and views of the cascades of the Aniene River." Published by Roma: Gio. Giacomo de Rossi.
Rights Type: 
fair use
Point: 
49