Vedute della chiesa di Pietro in Vaticano, et del palazzo papale, ed altri luoghi, disegnate in Roma fuori della Porta de Cavalli , 1652. Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, etcher. 1652 Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican Drawn and etched by Silvestre, the print depicts Saint Peter's and the pontifical palace in panorama from a viewpoint beyond the walls, near the Porta de' Cavalli Leggeri. Eight sites are identified in French in two columns at the base and repeated in Italian and Latin including the gate to the Vatican Palace, Porta Angelica, the Vatican Obelisk, the headquarters
Vedute della chiesa di Pietro in Vaticano, et del palazzo papale, ed altri luoghi, disegnate in Roma fuori della Porta de Cavalli , 1652. Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691, etcher. 1652 Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican Drawn and etched by Silvestre, the print depicts Saint Peter's and the pontifical palace in panorama from a viewpoint beyond the walls, near the Porta de' Cavalli Leggeri. Eight sites are identified in French in two columns at the base and repeated in Italian and Latin including the gate to the Vatican Palace, Porta Angelica, the Vatican Obelisk, the headquarters of the Inquisition, Camposanto and the walls and bastions. At the top of the print two griffins hold aloft the Hesselin coat of arms and a banner bearing a dedication to de Hesselin from J. Viuot, probably J. Vivot. Hesselin is likely Louis de Hesselin. Ref.: Faucheux 31 (State 1). Imprint: Paris. Text is in French, Italian and Latin. By privilege of the King. Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt collected prints, published works, drawings and paintings thematically focused upon the city of Rome. Her collection included views, plans, maps of Rome and depictions of the inhabitants of the city in popular costume. As intense urban development under Mussolini transformed Rome in the 1930's, interest in the city's past grew among certain circles in Rome. Pecci-Blunt's collection came to be known as "Roma Sparita" because of its nostalgic focus on the Rome of a bygone era. Pecci-Blunt marked many of the prints in her collection with her collector's marks. Small, circular marks found on the recto of the prints, typically in the lower right corner, display Pecci-Blunt's family coat of arms, a comet, encircled with the text: "Coll. A. L. Pecci Blunt." Circular marks on the verso of the prints, typically in the lower center, denote Pecci-Blunt's name for her collection, "Roma Sparita." The stamps contain the text; "Roma Sparita, ," (with space for adding an inventory number), encircled
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