Plan of the City of Rome

Publisher Giovanni Domenico de Rossi Italian

Dedicatee Cardinal Camillo Pamphili Italian

1645

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Plan or aerial view of the city of Rome, taken from the north-west. The map shows Rome in its late sixteenth-century condition. The map was first printed in 1593. This edition with changes dates to 1645.

Artwork Details

Title: Plan of the City of Rome
Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Publisher: Giovanni Domenico de Rossi (Italian, 1619–1653)
Dedicatee: Cardinal Camillo Pamphili
Date: 1645
Medium: Etching with some engraving, undescribed state (printed from 12 plates)
Dimensions: Overall: 41 5/16 x 94 1/2 in. (105 x 240 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1983
Object Number: 1983.1027(1–12)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 1 showing the Villa Medici and Piazza del Popolo, Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching with some engraving, undescribed state. — Plan of the City of Rome. Part 1 showing the Villa Medici and Piazza del Popolo
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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 2 with the Trinità dei Monti, Palazzo Borghese and the Baths of Diocletian, Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching with some engraving; undescribed state — Plan of the City of Rome. Part 2 with the Trinità dei Monti, Palazzo Borghese and the Baths of Diocletian
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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 3 with the Santa Maria Maggiore, the Pantheon and Trajan's Column, Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching with some engraving, undescribed state. — Plan of the City of Rome. Part 3 with the Santa Maria Maggiore, the Pantheon and Trajan's Column
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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 5 with the Baths of Caracalla, the Santa Sabina and Part of the Tiber, Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching with some engraving, undescribed state. — Plan of the City of Rome. Part 5 with the Baths of Caracalla, the Santa Sabina and Part of the Tiber
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Plan of the City of Rome. Part 4 with the Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Lateran Palace., Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching with some engraving, undescribed state. — Plan of the City of Rome. Part 4 with the Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Lateran Palace.
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1645

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