INVENTORY OF THE ANNA LAETITIA PECCI-BLUNT PRINT COLLECTION OF VIEWS OF ROME, 1589-circa 1860

Series I. General views of Rome, 1642-circa 1860, undated

Physical Description: 8.0 prints

Scope and Content Note

Series I includes panoramas with legends identifying important churches, hospitals, palazzi, sites and monuments. Most of the views are taken from the outskirts of Rome and they illustrate the contrast between populated, developed urban areas and the pastoral countryside.

Arrangement

Arrangement is by chronological order.

Box 6*, Folder 1

Silvestre, Israël. Roma, 1642

Scope and Content Note

Etching on four sheets. Plate mark 18.5 x 123.5 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 127.5 cm. The large panorama seen from a vantage point beyond the walls is after a drawing by L. de Lincler. The legend identifies 44 sites, including Piazza del Popolo, Villa Borghese, Villa Medici, SS. Trinità dei monti, Basilica Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo, Palazzo Barberini, Castel Sant'Angelo, S. Andrea della Valle, and the Basilica of St. Peter's. Ref.: Faucheux 28.

Box 1*, Folder 3

Barrière, Dominique. Recens Urbis Romæ ex australi plaga prospectus anno Domini, 1649

Scope and Content Note

Etching on two sheets. Plate mark 32.5 x 88.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 91.5 cm. Imprint: Rome, Giovanni Domenico Rossi. Dedication to Giovanni Battista Mora. The view is depicted from the north looking south, from a vantage point beyond the walls, spanning from Santa Maria Maggiore to St. Peter's Basilica. With 42 sites identified in a legend at the base. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 134.

Flatfile 1**

Silvestre, Israël. [Vue de Rome et du derrière de l'église St. Pierre prise sur les hauteurs du mont Vatican hors la ville], undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 29 x 71 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 74 cm. Imprint: Paris. State 1. The panorama depicts the view from an elevated perspective behind St. Peter's Basilica looking towards the back of the church, the city of Rome and the surrounding countryside. Verses by Georges de Scudéry in five columns begin with: "Par quel Art au-dessus de l'homme...La vieille et la nouvelle Rome," and end with "Ouy, d'une adresse sans seconde...Une des merveilles du monde." The legend identifies 18 sites. Title from Faucheux. Ref.: Faucheux 29.

Box 1*, Folder 4

Silvestre, Israël. Veduta di Campo Vaccino, e d'una parte della città di Roma, [circa 1650]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 40.5 x 94.5 cm, on sheet 48.2 x 94.5 cm. Imprint: Paris, se vend aux Galleries du Louvre, chez Israel Silvestre. Text in French and Italian. Dedication to the King of France. The view, drawn and etched by Israël Silvestre, spans from the Capitoline Hill to the Church and Convent of Saint Dominic and the ruins of the Temple of Peace. Legend with 38 sites, mostly ancient ruins, identified with text appearing in ten columns, with the sites identified in a numbered list in French to the left, and Italian to the right. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 137; Faucheux 32 (with different Parisian publisher and dated 1652)

Box 2*, Folder 6

Daullé, Jean. Rome ancienne, 1759

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Sheet 37.2 x 48.5 cm. Imprint: Paris. Trimmed within plate mark. The print, after a painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, depicts a pastoral scene with a shepherd conversing with a woman on horseback in the right foreground and the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine and other ruins pictured behind them. Inscription: Gravé d'après le tableau original du cabinet de monsieur Damery lieutenant aux gardes Françoises. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center of the print. Ref.: IFF, 6, 148-149 (pendant to Rome moderne).

Flatfile 2**

Volpato, Giovanni. Veduta in profilo della città di Roma dalla parte di Monte Mario presa nella sua estensione dalla Piazza del Popolo sino alla Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, 1779

Scope and Content Note

Etching on three sheets. Plate mark 48 x 206.5 cm, on sheet 51.2 x 209.1 cm. Imprint: Rome, nella Calcografia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica appreso la Curia Innocenziana. The panorama of Rome, after a drawing by Francesco Panini, spans from the church of S. Maria del Popolo on the left, to the Capitoline Hill in the center and continues towards Saint Peter's on the right. The vantage point is from the countryside, and cultivated fields, farm houses, peasants and livestock appear in the foreground. Legend in 12 columns with 39 sites.

Box 6*, Folder 2

Post, Karl Borromäus. Rom, 1859

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Sheet 44.5 x 56.6 cm, Mount 44.5 x 62.9 cm. Imprint: Rome. Trimmed within plate mark. The distant view of Rome, with Saint Peter's and the Colosseum just visible, is after a painting by Károly Markó. In the foreground figures are depicted on a balustraded terrace set within a lush vegetative landscape. Inscription: Vom oesterreichischen Kunstverein in Wien. Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center.

Box 6*, Folder 3

Pronti, Domenico and Giudici. Roma, [circa 1860]

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint. Plate mark 25.7 x 55.5 cm, on sheet 29.1 x 57.8 cm. Imprint: Milan, A. Bossi, Piazza del Duomo and Milan, L.A. Ronchi, corso Francesco, no. 601. The view of Rome with the Piazza del Popolo from the north, looks towards the trident of via del Babuino, via del Corso and via di Ripetta. Nearly the entire piazza is visible, as well as the Pincian Hill and Villa Medici, with the twin churches Santa Maria di Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracoli in the center along with the obelisk. Inscription: daguerreotipo. Pecci-Blunt collector's mark in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the center. There is also an oval stamp, in black ink, of the publisher Ronchi on the verso in the lower left corner. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 235.

Series II. Sites and monuments, 1619-circa 1851, undated

Physical Description: 47 prints

Scope and Content Note

Series II is comprised of 47 prints of monuments and sites, including churches, palaces, fountains, bridges, piazze, and villas. These celebrate public works undertaken by the papacy and monuments associated with the standard itinerary for religious and secular pilgrims to the city, and travelers who came to study the masterpieces and ancient ruins of the city. The Basilica of St. Peter's, the Seven Pilgrim Churches, Castel Sant'Angelo (Hadrian's Mausoleum), and the Pantheon are represented, as well as Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Ponte Rotto.

Arrangement

The arrangement of this series follows the collection's original order by monument or site. Within each site or monument grouping, the prints are listed by chronological order.

Arch of Constantine

Flatfile 3**

Girelli, Pietro Paolo. Facciata dell'arco antico di Costantino che risguarda l'Anfiteatro di Flavio detto il Colosseo, 1692

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Plate mark 43.2 x 55.1 cm, on sheet 48.2 x 73.7 cm. Imprint: Rome, Matteo Gregorio Rossi, in Piazza Navona. The print, after a drawing by Giuseppe Tiburzio Vergelli, according to the inscription, depicts the Arch of Constantine with a number of figures gathered in the foreground and detailed renderings of the sculpture and bas-reliefs. With the collector's mark of Alessandro Castagnari on the verso (initials "A.C." with the Capitoline wolf of Rome, Lugt 86a).

For a later representation of the Arch of Constantine, see in Series IV the suite after drawings by Simone Pomardi, titled Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817.

Basilica of St. John Lateran

Box 2*, Folder 9

Morel, François. Vue de l'eglise de St. Jean Lateran et de celle de Ste. Marie Majeure, [not before 1784]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 34.3 x 47.7 cm, on sheet 45.7 x 62.2 cm. Imprint: Rome, chez George Hackert, Place d'Espagne. Dedicated to Prince Youssoupoff [Nikolai Borisovisch Yusupov?]. The view after a painting by German landscape painter Jacob Philipp Hackert is taken from the countryside outside of Rome. It depicts the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano) and the rooftop and domes of Santa Maria Maggiore. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Box 3*, Folder 1

Rupp, Ladislaus. Veduta interna della basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano in Roma, 1829

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint, hand coloring. Plate mark 40 x 49 cm, on sheet 41.1 x 56.3 cm. Imprint: Milan. Title in Italian and French. Watermark: J. Whatman. The print depicts the interior of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano). Below the Italian, the title is repeated in French. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and another one on the verso. An oval embossed monogram stamp appears below the title with the initials "M.R." [?] (not in Lugt). Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 1012.

Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican

Box 1*, Folder 8

Maggi, Giovanni. Basilica d. Petri in Vaticano uná cum Palatio Pontificali Roma, 1619

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 35.6 x 50.5 cm, on sheet 40.4 x 53.9 cm. Imprint: Rome, M. Greuter. Dedication to Joanne Baptista Vives. Saint Peter's is depicted with eight architectural features identified in a legend at the base. The square and steps before the basilica are filled with soldiers, artillery, wagons, prelates and other figures. Drawn and etched by Giovanni Maggi and published by Matthaus Greuter in Rome. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Flatfile 4**

Silvestre, Israël. Vedute della chiesa di S.to Pietro in Vaticano, et del palazzo papale, ed altri luoghi, disegnate in Roma fuori della Porta de Cavalli Leggieri..., 1652

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 30.5 x 79.2 cm, on sheet 35 x 82.9 cm. Imprint: Paris. Text is in French, Italian and Latin. By privilege of the King. 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).

Box 5*, Folder 6

Falda, Giovanni Battista. Disegno delle fabriche prospettive e piazza fatte novamente in Roma d'ordine della Sta di N. S. Papa Alexandro VII, 1663

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 36.7 x 49.2 cm, on sheet 39.8 x 51.9 cm. Imprint: Rome. The print depicts 14 sites in 15 vignettes illustrating construction projects completed under the reign of Chigi Pope Alexander VII, giving prominence to Saint Peter's (which appears with Bernini's colonnade), and including the Piazza Colonna, the Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotunda, S. Maria della Pace, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Chiesa di Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Porta del Popolo, the interior and exterior of S. Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria di Montesanto, Santa Maria dei Miracoli and others. Sites are lettered "A" through "R," but skip the letters J and K. Drawn and etched by Falda. Ref.: The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 47, pt. 1, Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century: Giovanni Battista Falda, no. 4 (252); Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.29 (size L)

Flatfile 22**

Falda, Giovanni Battista. Veduta dell'ampia Basilica Vaticana, 1729

Scope and Content Note

Engraving and etching. Plate mark 47.8 x 62.3 cm, on sheet 50.6 x 65.9 cm. Imprint: Rome, Lorenzo Filippo de Rossi, Calcografo Vaticano, figlio del q.m Domenico erede di Gio. Giacomo in Roma alla Pace. By privilege of the Pope. Drawn and etched by Falda. The aerial view of Saint Peter's and the piazza with Bernini's colonnade shows new embellishments in travertine added to the piazza under the direction of Lodovico Sergardi. Surrounding buildings are also visible and a number of people and carriages traverse the square. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 3794

Flatfile 23**

Brun, Giovanni. Veduta della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, 1785

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 43.1 x 60.4 cm, on sheet 54.8 x 79.8 cm. Imprint: [Rome], Presso Carlo Losi. Drawn and etched by Brun in 1785, according to the inscriptions, the print depicts Saint Peter's and the piazza with Bernini's colonnade. Four features are identified including the colonnade and piazza, the obelisk erected by Domenico Fontana, the new sacristy and the pontifical palace. Surrounding buildings are also visible and a number of people and carriages traverse the square.

Box 5*, Folder 1

Abbott, Henry and R. Reeve. St. Peter's and the Vatican, 1820 November 1

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint. Image frame 29.9 x 44.9 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 46.9 cm. Imprint: [London], Baldwin, Craddock & Joy, 47 Paternoster Row. Trimmed within plate mark. Drawn, carved by H. Abbott, and "acquatinted" by R. Reeve, according to the inscriptions, the print depicts Saint Peter's and the piazza. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso in blue ink.

Possibly issued in: Antiquities of Rome: comprising twenty-four select views of the principal ruins, illustrated by a panoramic outline of the modern city taken from the capitol from drawings by Henry Abbott, Esq., made in the year 1818. London: Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1820.

Box 6*, Folder 11

Penna, Agostino. Veduta della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, 1829

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 45 x 58.6 cm, on sheet 45.6 x 59 cm. Imprint: Rome. Drawn and etched by Penna, according to the inscriptions, the print depicts Saint Peter's and the piazza, with three structures identified including the pontifical palace or Palazzo Pontificio, Raphael's Loggia and the sacristy. In the foreground Pope Pius VIII is leaving the Vatican by coach, accompanied by a large retinue of guards. Many of the onlookers greet him on their knees. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Box 5*, Folder 2

Rupp, Ladislaus. Interno dell'insigne Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, undated

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint, hand coloring. Plate mark 40 x 48.6 cm, on sheet 42.4 x 56.8 cm. Imprint: [Milan?]. Watermark: J. Whatman. Text in Italian and French. The print depicts the interior of Saint Peter's filled with daylight, with several figures conversing, while others pray. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso, and the oval embossed monogram "M.R." [?]. Title in Italian to the left, and French to the right.

Castel Sant'Angelo

Box 1*, Folder 5

Della Bella, Stefano. Castello St. Angelo, [between 1631 and 1637]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 21.2 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 23.2 x 36.5 cm. The print depicts the Castel Sant'Angelo, flying a large flag and surrounded by artillery smoke. The scene includes several onlookers and the viewpoint is from the left riverbank towards the bridge and castle. With collector's marks of Pecci-Blunt, Alessandro Castagnari (initials "A.C." with the Capitoline wolf of Rome, Lugt 86a), and J. Burleigh James ("J. B. J.", Lugt 1425). Ref.: De Vesme 818. Date from BM.

Box 2*, Folder 7

Veduta di Castello Santo Angelo, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 36 x 50.7 cm, on sheet 39.2 x 52.6 cm. Imprint: Rome, Giovanni Jacomo Rossi la Stampa in Roma alla Pace. The print depicts the Castel Sant'Angelo, flying a large flag and surrounded by artillery smoke with the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano in the background, the bridge, and a sailing vessel in the foreground. With a legend of 5 sites including Castel Sant'Angelo, Saint Peter's, and the church and hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia. Ref.: The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 47, pt. 2. Commentary. Italian Masters of the Seventeenth Century: Giovanni Battista Falda, 315 (with doubtful attribution to Falda)

Flatfile 5**

Benazech, Peter Paul. A view of Rome and the Tiber &c, from an original picture in the collection of Peter Burrell Esqr., 1762 April 26

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Plate mark 42.3 x 66.5 cm, on sheet 50.5 x 70.5 cm. Imprint: London, Mrs. Eliz: Knapton. The print after a painting by Gaspar dagli Occhiali, who was also known as Gaspar van Wittel, depicts the Tiber River, from the bank looking towards Saint Peter's, with Castel Sant'Angelo to the right. Fishermen with nets appear in boats and on the shore. Inscription: Engrav'd at the expence and under the direction of the late Mr. Arthr. Pond.

Church of S. Antonio all'Esquilino

Box 1*, Folder 6

Benedizione de' cavalli, nel giorno di San Antonio in Roma, [circa 1820]

Scope and Content Note

Etching, hand coloring. Plate mark 24.2 x 32.2 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 41.4 cm. Imprint: Rome, Giacomo Antonelli al corso alle convertite, #179 B. The piazza is crowded with figures and horses, festooned with flowers, ribbons and feathers and gathered before the church of S. Antonio all'Esquilino for the blessing of the horses. Title and publisher from inscription in pencil. Attributed to Salvatore Busuttil in pencil inscription. Illegible inscription in the lower right hand corner of the image: J. Feri [?] f. Rome. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the center.

Church of S. Luigi dei Francesi

Flatfile 24**

Barrière, Dominique. Figura del nobilissimo parato fatto d'ordine dell'emmo. sre. Cardinal de Retz nella Chiesa di San Luigi de Francesi in Roma per la festa del detto santo nell'anno 1665, [1665]

Scope and Content Note

Etching on two sheets. Plate mark 65.7 x 44.9 cm, on sheet 67.4 x 46.3 cm. The nave of the church of San Luigi dei Francesi is filled with daylight and figures in groups conversing. According to inscription, it is after a drawing by Joseph Lanatus.

Church of the Apostles

Box 1*, Folder 7

[Solemn funeral pomp observed in Rome in the Church of the Apostles for the funeral of the deceased Marquis Antonio Canova], [circa 1823]

Scope and Content Note

Etching, hand coloring. Sheet 43.2 x 30.2 cm. Trimmed within plate mark. The print, after a drawing by Giuseppe Valadier, depicts the funeral of sculptor Antonio Canova held in the Church of the Apostles (Chiesa dei Ss. Apostoli). The interior has been draped with black hangings and illuminated with large candelabra. Canova's Tomb of the Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria is shown on the left. Title and date from Anna Villari's essay "Apoteosi funeraria di Canova a Roma: Fortuna e sfortuna negli anni della Restaurazione," in La gloria di Canova: V Settimana di studi canoviani (2007). With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark on verso.

Colosseum

Box 4*, Folder 1

Chenu, L. T. Le Colisée vu de St. Gregoire, a Rome, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 25 x 36.9 cm, on sheet 35.2 x 45.7 cm. Imprint: Paris, Chez Basset, rue St. Jacques, no. 64. The print, after a drawing by Charles-Nicolas Cochin, depicts the Colosseum from the via di San Gregorio. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Box 3*, Folder 2

Alaux, Jean-Paul. Vue du Colisée, prise de l'intérieur du Temple de la Paix, undated

Scope and Content Note

Lithograph. Image frame 31.4 x 44.3 cm, on sheet 43.6 x 55.2 cm. Imprint: Paris, Engelmann, rue du F. Montmartre, no. 6. Marked "Alaux et Lesueur", and possibly printed by Jean-Paul Alaux after a drawing by Jean-Baptiste-Cicéron Lesueur. The print depicts the Colosseum from the interior of the Temple of Peace, with soldiers, tourists and workmen excavating in the foreground. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark, in black ink, on the verso in the lower center.

For a later representation of the Colosseum, see in Series III the suite after drawings by Simone Pomardi, titled Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817.

Fountain of the Piazza di Bocca della Verità

Box 4*, Folder 2

Aquaroni, Antonio. Fontana sulla Piazza di S. Maria in Cosmedin, [circa 1851]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 27 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 54.5 cm. Imprint: Rome, Calcografia camerale. The print, drawn and etched by A. Aquaroni, depicts the fountain with the Temple of Vesta in the background. Inscription: A. Aquaroni. With Pecci-Blunt collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso. Date from the Istituto nazionale per la grafica. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 1765.

Frascati

Box 1*, Folder 2

Greuter, Matthäus. E fatta celebre la città de Frascati della vaghezza delle sue ville suburbane..., 1620

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving on three sheets. Plate mark 37.2 x 146.7 cm, on sheet 40.9 x 150.2 cm. Imprint: Rome, Matteo Greuter Todesco. By license and privilege of the Borghese Pope, Paul V. Drawn and etched by Greuter.

The panoramic view of Frascati, a suburb to the south-east of Rome which was known for its magnificent residences, depict villas of the papal nobility, their waterworks and gardens including, from left to right, Villa Tuscolana, Villa Mondragone, Villa Borghese, Villa Rufina, La Rufinella, Villa Aldobrandina Belvedere, Sora, Como-Ludovisi, Belpoggio, Acquaviva and Arrigone. The coat of arms of Pope Paul V appears in the upper left hand corner. An additional coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew to Paul V, appears in the upper right hand corner.

Obelisk of Piazza Navona

Box 3*, Folder 3

Rouhier, Louis. Obelisco Panphilio gia nell ippodromo di Ant. Caracalla et dalle rovine lacero in tre pezzi inalzato dalla Sta. di Nro. sig.re Innocentio Decimo sopra il novo fonte nel Cerchio Agonale hora Piazza Navona con li quattro fiumi, il Nilo, il rio della Platta, il Danubio, il Gange. Architettura del cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, Napolitano. Scoperta li 12 giugnio 1651, parte occidentale, [not before 1651]

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Plate mark 49.3 x 37.2 cm, on sheet 51.6 x 38.8 cm. Imprint: Rome, Gio: Iacomo Rossi li Stampa alla Pace, Roma.

The print depicts Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, with figures personifying the Nile of Africa, the Danube of Europe, the Ganges of Asia and the Plate of the Americas. The reassembled obelisk which caps the waterwork was raised by Pamphilj Pope Innocenzo X, for whom the fountain was also constructed. Hieroglyphs are visible on the obelisk which is crowned with the Pamphilj dove bearing an olive branch.

Inscription: Scala di Pmi romani numero 40. con il quale e fatto il presente disegno. In black ink, on the verso: "8i [?]". With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and on verso. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2167; Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.16 (size L).

Palazzo Mazarini (Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi)

Flatfile 14**

Silvestre, Israël. Palazzo Mazarini in Roma, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 34.3 x 68.4 cm, on sheet 35.2 x 68.9 cm. Imprint: Paris. By privilege of the King. The print depicts the Palazzo Mazarini, residence of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, which is now known as the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi. The legend identifies seven sites with the letters "A" through "G," including the palazzo, the gardens containing the Casino dell'Aurora with Guido Reni's L'Aurora, the tower of the Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill, the tower of Nero, also known as the Torre delle Milizie, the basilica of San Vitale and the Palazzo di Monte Cavallo. The title is printed in a banner at the top of the print, which waves below the coat of arms of the Cardinal Mazarin. See Faucheux 35, for the date of the print after Silvestre's third voyage to Italy.

Palazzo Salviati (Palazzo Mancini)

Box 4*, Folder 3

Vue de l'Académie Royale de Peinture &c. à Rome, 1761

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving, hand coloring. Plate mark 30 x 44.4 cm, on sheet 33.4 x 48.4 cm. Imprint: London, chés Wichnyther and Paris, chés Chéreau, rue St. Jacques. Distributed by Basset, rue St. Jacques a coin de celle des Mathurins and chés Lachaussée, rue S. Jacques. The perspective view print of the Palazzo Mancini, at the time home to the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, has as its vantage point the facade with the via del Corso, populated by a number of figures who disappear into the distance. Inscribed "No. 184" in the upper right hand corner above the image and labeled as the 15th view. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2494.

Palazzo de Solis

Flatfile 15**

Ottaviani, Giovanni. Prospetto della facciata del palazzo d'abbitazione in Roma à Piazza Colonna del emo, e rmo sig.r card. D. Francesco de Solis, arciv.o di Siviglia fatta illuminare il di 10. 11. 12. agosto 1769, [circa 1769]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 47.6 x 69.5 cm, on sheet 53.8 x 76.9 cm. The print, after a drawing by Nicola Giansimoni, depicts the palazzo of Francisco de Solis, cardinal and archbishop of Seville. The facade of the palace had been re-designed by architect Nicola Giansimoni. According to a printed description published in the same year, celebrations are being held in honor of Saint Lawrence. The facade is illuminated by numerous torches and an orchestra plays at the base of the Column of Marcus Aurelius. The facade and celebrations are described in the publication Descrizione della magnifica, e celebre facciata eretta nel palazzo dell'emo e rmo principe il signor cardinale d. Francesco de Solis, arcivesco di Siviglia &c. &c.: il de x agosto MDCCLXIX in Piazza colonna. In Roma: si vendono da Giovanni Bartolomicchio incontro a Fiano, 1769. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2519.

Pantheon

Flatfile 16**

Boitard, Louis-Philippe. Santa Maria vulgo della Rotunda, 1738 March 19

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Image 44.6 x 41 cm (frame), on sheet 63 x 45 cm. Imprint: London, Sold at the Golden Pine Apple in Durham Yard in ye Strand, and W. H. Toms, in Union Court near Hatton Garden, Holbourn. Text in Latin and English. Dedicated to James Cavendish. The interior of the Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotunda, drawn and etched by Boitard after a painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini, is depicted with daylight streaming through the oculus in the ceiling. The view is between two columns, looking north from the main altar towards the entrance and the Piazza della Rotonda. A number of figures converse, while others admire the architecture or regard the two figures leaning over the edge of the oculus' opening. Inscription with the building's history in two columns, with Latin on the left and English on the right. The name and address of the second publisher, W. H. Toms, has been added after printing. With Pecci-Blunt collector's marks in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Box 6*, Folder 5

Rupp, Ladislaus. Veduta del Pantheon, in oggi S. Maria ad Martyres detta la Rotonda, 1824

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint with wash. Plate mark 39.5 x 48.5 cm, on sheet 44.9 x 64 cm. Imprint: Milan. Text is in Italian and French. The exterior of the Pantheon is depicted from a vantage point on the other side of the Piazza della Rotunda. The view includes the fountain and obelisk and a number of grouped figures conversing in the foreground. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso. An oval embossed monogram stamp appears below the title with the initials "M.R." [?] (not in Lugt). Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2590.

Box 3*, Folder 4

Rupp, Ladislaus. Interno del Pantheon, in oggi S. Maria ad Martyres della la Rotunda, 1824

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint, hand coloring. Plate mark 39.3 x 48.1 cm, on sheet 43 x 62 cm. Imprint: Milan. Text is in Italian and French. Watermark: J. Whatman. The interior of the Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotunda, is depicted filled with daylight. Several figures converse, while others pray. With Pecci-Blunt collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center. An oval embossed monogram stamp appears below the title with the initials "M.R." [?] (not in Lugt). Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2590.

Piazza Colonna

Box 3*, Folder 5

Veduta di Piazza Colonna, [circa 1750]

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Plate mark 36.5 x 50.5 cm, on sheet 41 x 56.3 cm. The print, after a drawing by Paroli, depicts the Piazza Colonna with nine sites identified at the base including Palazzo Chigi, the fountain, the via del Corso and the Column of Marcus Aurelius (then called the Colonna di Antonio Pio). Inscription in the lower right corner: P No. 4. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2624.

Box 4*, Folder 4

Leizelt, Balthasar Friedrich. Vuë de la Place Colonne a Rome, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching, hand coloring. Plate mark 32.3 x 42.9 cm, on sheet 37.8 x 49.6 cm. Imprint: Augsburg. Distributed by l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux. By privilege of Her Imperial Majesty. The perspective view print after a drawing by Jean Barbault is of the Piazza Colonna in Rome. A speaker on an elevated platform at the base of the column has attracted a crowd. Four monuments are identified, including the Palazzo Chigi and the Column of Marcus Aurelius (called the Colonne Antonine). Title in French in reverse above the image. Inscription at upper left corner above the image: Collection des Prospects.

Piazza del Popolo

Box 3*, Folder 6

Cottafavi, Gaetano. Veduta generale della Piazza del Popolo, 1835

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 35.2 x 44.2 cm, on sheet 38.2 x 50.2 cm. Imprint: Rome. Distributed by Pietro Datri, via Condotti, No.4. Text is in Italian and French. The print depicts the Piazza del Popolo from the north, looking towards the trident of via del Babuino, via del Corso and via di Ripetta. The twin churches Santa Maria di Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracoli and the obelisk are pictured to the right and the Villa Medici appears to the left. In the foreground a number of coaches are pictured to the left and to the right a crowd surrounds several dancers. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center.

Piazza del Quirinale

Box 6*, Folder 6

Villamena, Francesco. Illustriss. Equiti Cassiano Puteo...dum Ioannem Altum, militem praetorianum, romanarum antiquitatum indagtorem...meo cælo expressum ad te mitto...Vale. Romæ...MDCXXIII. Franciscus Villamoena, 1773

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 37.8 x 52.3 cm, on sheet 39.4 x 53.4 cm. Imprint: Rome, Carolum Losi. Text in Latin. Dedicated to Cassiano dal Pozzo. The full-length portrait is of the Swiss Guardsman Ioannes Altus, also known as Johann Alten, Johann Alt and Giovanni Alto. Altus is depicted in military costume, with a plumed hat and a sword in the Piazza del Quirinale. His right arm is lifted and he gestures to the viewer to look towards the antiquities behind him. He is surrounded by sculpture fragments, a skull, a snake and a starving animal in the foreground. In the background, figures mill around the square and the city is visible in the distance. The engraving is a 1773 reprint by the publisher and print dealer Carlo Losi from a 1623 work by Francesco Villamena. With illegible collector's mark, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2709 (cited as part of a series of portraits).

Piazza di Spagna

Box 3*, Folder 7

Veduta della Piazza di Spagna in Roma, [circa 1770]

Scope and Content Note

Etching, engraving. Sheet 36 x 50.3 cm. Trimmed within plate mark. The view of the Piazza di Spagna after a drawing by Paroli shows the Fontana della Barcaccia, the Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti (or Spanish Steps), the church and monastery of SS. Trinità dei monti, the via del Babuino and the obelisk of Piazza del popolo. The viewpoint is from the southwest looking towards the Piazza del popolo on the left and the Spanish Steps to the right, with the fountain in the foreground. Inscription in the lower right corner: P No. 2. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2742.

Ponte Emilio (Ponte Rotto)

Flatfile 18**

Nieulandt, Willem van, II. [Large view of Rome with the Isle of Tiber in the centre], undated

Scope and Content Note

Engraving on three sheets. Sheet 41.2 x 87.1 cm. Imprint: Antwerp. Text is in French, Latin and Dutch. Dedication to: Joanni de Cock omnis antiquitatis aestimatore in amicitiae et grati animi symbolum. Trimmed within plate mark. The print depicts the Tiber River and the bridges of Rome, with from left to right the Ponte Santa Maria, now known as the Ponte Rotto or Ponte Emilio, the Ponte Cestio, the Isola Tiberina, or Tiber Island, and the Ponte Fabricio, also known as the Ponte dei Quattro Capi. At the time, the Ponte Santa Maria was considered a primary artery of Rome and despite several incidents of collapse it was repeatedly restored in the 16th century. In this image, the bridge shows evidence of repair to one of the central piers. The fact that the bridge spans the river in full suggests that the drawing for this print dates from before the bridge's irrevocable ruin in 1598, however, Nieulandt was in Rome from 1602-1605. In the foreground several boats are tied up and fishermen and other figures are gathered by the shoreline. Quattrains in French, Latin and Dutch in the lower margin: Voyci le pont Romain, et toutes les structures.... Title from: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Meer - Ossenbeeck. Vol. 14 of Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, circa 1450-1700. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger and Co., 1956, 9A (engraving executed on three plates)

Ponte Molle or Ponte Milvio

Flatfile 17**

Penna, Agostino. Veduta della torre moderna eretta sull'ingresso del Ponte Molle, 1828

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Sheet 44.2 x 58.6 cm. Imprint: Rome. Trimmed within plate mark. The print depicts the tower erected at the entrance to the Ponte Milvio, also known as the Ponte Molle, a bridge in northern Rome which spans the Tiber River. In the foreground several horsemen are driving bulls away from the bridge with staves. Two sites are identified in the background: Saint Peter's and a small building which was constructed on the site where the head of Sant'Andrea was returned to Rome. According to the inscription, the print was both drawn and etched by Penna. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Ponte Nomentano

Box 6*, Folder 8

Cooper, Richard. Ponte Nomentano an ancient bridge upon the Anione, with the remains of a sepulchral monument near Rome, 1778 October

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint. Plate mark 39.5 x 52.1 cm, on sheet 42.5 x 54.7 cm. Imprint: London, R. Cooper, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury and J. Boydell, Cheapside. The print drawn and etched by Cooper, depicts the Ponte Nomentano, a bridge that spans the Aniene River, with ruins to the right of the bridge. In the foreground, a peasant transports produce and a shepherd herds a flock of sheep. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Porta Maggiore

Box 4*, Folder 5

Porta Maggiore, undated

Scope and Content Note

Aquatint. Plate mark 30.3 x 37.7 cm, on sheet 39.5 x 54.8 cm. The print depicts the Porta Maggiore, a monumental, ancient gate on the eastern edge of the city at the terminus of the via Prenestina. The gate formed part of the city walls and the aqueduct system. Title from annotation in pencil in the lower right corner. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Ripa Grande (Harbor)

Box 3*, Folder 8

Veduta di Ripa Grande, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 36.1 x 50.6 cm, on sheet 42.1 x 53.7 cm. Imprint: Rome, Gio Iacomo Rossi le Stampa in Roma alla pace. By privilege of the Pope. The river bank is depicted with 11 sites identified at the base including, river boats and ocean-bound vessels used to carry goods, the custom house, Capitoline Hill, Campidoglio, church and monastery of Saint Dominic, bell tower of S. Maria in Cosmedin, the vestiges of the Ponte Sublicio and the Temple of Hercules Victor. A number of sailing vessels are docked in the harbor on the left and two figures converse in the right in the foreground. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Roman Forum

Flatfile 13**

Morel, François. Veduta generale del Foro Romano, [circa 1810]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Image 49.9 x 74.5 cm (frame), on sheet 63.3 x 83.8 cm. Imprint: [Rome?]. Dedicated to Prince George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The depiction of the Roman Forum after a painting by Filippo Giuntotardi, shows the principal buildings and monuments in the distance, including the Basilica of Constantine and the Temple of the Dioscuri (or Temple of Castor and Pollux). Closer to the viewer, the Temple of Saturn is shown to the right and the Arch of Septimius Severus appears on the left. In the foreground, a number of figures are gathered before the remains of the Temple of Vespasian, where observers and musicians watch a pair of dancers. Behind them, to the right, a group of peasants transport their goods on mules and donkeys. With collector's mark of Alessandro Castagnari ("A. C." with the Capitoline wolf of Rome, Lugt 86a). Ref. Arrigoni-Bertarelli 1907 (cited as a reprint by Calcografia Romana).

For a later representation of the Roman Forum, see in Series III the suite after drawings by Simone Pomardi, titled Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817.

Seven Pilgrim Churches

Box 2*, Folder 8

Lauro, Giacomo. Le sette chiese di Roma con le loro principali reliquie stationi et indultie, 1630

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 36.4 x 47.9 cm, on sheet 37 x 48 cm. Imprint: Rome. Dedication to the Cardinal of Savoy. By privilege of Pope Urban VIII. The print depicts the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, beginning with Saint Peter's, and continuing clockwise, with Santa Maria Maggiore, San Lorenzo fuori le mura, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica di S. Sebastiano and San Paolo fuori le mura, and two other churches. In the lower right hand corner a small map indicates the route to be followed by the pilgrims to arrive at the churches. Several architectural features of note include, the new facade of the Basilica di S. Sebastiano, the Cappella Paolina of Santa Maria Maggiore and two lateral bell towers of Saint Peter's. A portrait of Pope Urban VIII and his coat of arms appears at the top of the print.

Lauro published a similar version of this print with Latin text and a dedication to Pope Clement VIII in 1599. At that time he noted it was after a work by Antonio Tempesta. The earlier image does not include 17th century constructions, such as the Cappella Paolina. See British Museum collections. Later prints with the same title, Le sette chiese di Roma con le loro principali reliquie stationi et indultie, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, closely resemble Lauro's print with modifications including a refiguring of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano to include Bernini's colonnade.

With Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Flatfile 6**

Seutter, Matthaeus. Le sette chiese di Roma con le loro principali reliquie, stationi, et indulgenze, [circa 1730]

Scope and Content Note

Engraving, hand coloring. Plate mark 50.4 x 58.5 cm, on sheet 52.3 x 60.4 cm. Imprint: Augsburg, Anjezo in Verlag bey Ioh Michael Probst, Chalcogr. Text in Italian and German. The print depicts the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, beginning with Saint Peter's, and continuing clockwise, with Santa Maria Maggiore, San Lorenzo fuori le mura, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica di S. Sebastiano and San Paolo fuori le mura. The title of the print appears in a banner at the top of the print, in Italian to the left and German to the right. In the lower right hand corner a small map indicates the route to be followed by pilgrims to arrive at the churches. Published by Johann Michael Probst. By privilege of "S.R.I. Vicariat., in partib., Rheni, Sveviae, et Juris Franconici." With Alessandro Castagnari's collector's mark ("A. C." with the Capitoline wolf of Rome, Lugt 86a). Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 761.

Box 6*, Folder 4

Descriptio septem ecclesiarum Romæ quarum forma hodie naturaliter extat. Descripcion de las siete yglesias de Roma, como hoy estan, [circa 1760]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 40.5 x 51.8 cm, on sheet 45.8 x 59 cm. Issued for Spanish visitors and pilgrims to the Holy City, the print depicts the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, beginning with Saint Peter's, and continuing clockwise, with Santa Maria Maggiore, San Lorenzo fuori le mura, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica di S. Sebastiano and San Paolo fuori le mura. The print also includes two other churches and the Castel Sant'Angelo in the lower left corner. In the lower right-hand corner a small map with a key indicates the route to be followed by pilgrims to arrive at the churches. A portrait of Pope Clement XIII and his coat of arms appear directly below the Latin title at the top of the print. This print closely resembles Lauro's Le sette chiese di Roma con le loro principali reliquie stationi et indultie in this collection, as well as later prints published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi of the same subject. With Pecci-Blunt collector's mark in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 763.

Temple of Jupiter Stator

Box 6*, Folder 9

Cunego, Domenico. Temple of Iupitor Stator. View of the three columns that remain of this temple having on the left the church of Sta. Maria Liberatrice with a part of the Pallatin Hill now called the Farnese Gardens, undated

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Sheet 44.7 x 57.3 cm. Text is in English and French. Trimmed within plate mark. The print depicts the no-longer extant Temple of Jupiter Stator, whose original location is subject to debate. In the print, the three columns to the right are identified as the remains of the temple, with the church of Santa Maria Liberatrice (also no longer extant), in the center, and the Farnese gardens to the left. In the foreground peasants unload a wagon, two religious figures converse and a man waters his horse in a nearby fountain. Title in English to the left and in French to the right. Inscription indicates that the plate was etched in Rome. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Temple of Minerva Medica

Box 6*, Folder 10

Vivarès, François. A view of the ancient temple of Minerva Medica at Rome; built by Augustus Caesar, 1769

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 39.2 x 55.2 cm, on sheet 43.9 x 59.6 cm. Imprint: London, J. Boydell, Cheapside No. 90, H. Parker, Cornhill No. 82 and J. Bowles, No. 13, Cornhill. The print depicts the overgrown ruins of a domed building on the left and a house to the right, in the distance. In the foreground to the left, a figure sits on an architectural fragment which he gestures to, while a man approaches him on foot. The man points back to a woman who follows with a basket on her head. On the right, a sculpted figure wearing a laurel wreath stands on a pedestal. Several other figures are visible in the field before the ruined building. The inscription indicates that the image was drawn by the artist Giovanni Battista Busiri after a painting by Thomas Smith. The print forms part of series originally printed in 1746 and later republished by John Boydell, John Bowles and Henry Parker in 1769. See BM. Bears Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, on the verso in the lower center.

Trajan's Column

Flatfile 12**

[Cruyl, Lieven de]. Prospectus Columnæ Traiani Imp., 1692

Scope and Content Note

Etching and engraving. Plate mark 38.2 x 49.3 cm, on sheet 47.9 x 72.6 cm. Imprint: Rome, Typis Matthaei Gregori de Rubeis, in Foro Agonali. By privilege of the Pope. Published by Matteo Gregorio Rossi, the print depicts Trajan's Column and the surrounding piazza, with five monuments identified in a banner at the base including the column, the Chiesa di S. Maria di Loreto, the Palazzo del Quirinale and the Palazzo Mazzarini, now known as the Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi. Cited and attributed to Cruyl in Jatta 10S, fig. 41, who notes this print by Lievin Cruyl forms part of the suite, Prospectus Iocorum urbis Romae, and is from the second edition of 1692. The first was published by Giovanni Battista de Rossi in 1666. For differences between the first and second edition, see fig. 40 and fig. 41. Cruyl's name does not appear on the print.

For a later representation of Trajan's Column, see in Series III the suite after drawings by Simone Pomardi, titled Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817.

Villa Albani

Box 3*, Folder 9

Morel, François. Vue de la Villa Albani, [not before 1784]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 34.5 x 47.6 cm, on sheet 46.2 x 61.9 cm. Imprint: Naples, George Hackert. Dedication to Prince Youssoupoff [Nikolai Borisovisch Yusupov?] By privilege of the King of the Two Sicilies. The view from the Porta Pia of the Villa Albani seen in the distance and set in a lush vegetative landscape is after a painting by German landscape painter Jacob Philipp Hackert. In the foreground a dog barks playfully as a man climbs atop a mount being held by another. On the left two women sit beneath a tree and on the right a herd of goats are gathered. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Series III. Papal ceremonial, 1589-circa 1846

Physical Description: 9.0 prints

Scope and Content Note

Series III is primarily comprised of prints that illustrate ceremonies and rituals associated with papal elections, such as the funeral of the deceased pope, the design of plans for the conclave and the erection of ephemeral arches for the newly elected pope. Two papal portraits of Sixtus V, who appears surrounded by images of his public works, have also been included in this series. Nineteenth-century prints relate to specific events during the period when the papacy had lost temporal power in Rome, as exemplified by the return of the papacy to Rome after Pope Pius VII's arrest and imprisonment by the French Emperor Napoleon.

Arrangement

Arrangement is by chronological order.

Box 5*, Folder 3

Sixtus V Papa Montealtus sedit ann. V. Menses IIII die III vacauit sedes dies XIX. Haec omnia capit et perfecit, 1589

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Sheet 52.2 x 36 cm. Imprint: Rome, Nicolaus van Aelst. Trimmed within plate mark. The portrait bust of Pope Sixtus V is surrounded by 29 images of his public works and two representations of his familial coat of arms. Sixtus V famously raised four obelisks in Rome, oversaw the completion of the cupola of Saint Peter's and undertook extensive public works projects. His urban planning ventures included building a new aqueduct (Acqua Felice), and constructing fountains to supply water to the city. He also rebuilt the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, opened new roads and completed, decorated or enlarged a number of churches. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Box 5*, Folder 4

Pensieri, Battista. Sixtus V Pont Max min con creatus ano Dni 1585 die 24 aprilis aetatis sue anni LXVI, 1589

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 49 x 36.7 cm, on sheet 53.3 x 40.7 cm. Imprint: Rome. A seated portrait of Pope Sixtus V is surrounded by 16 images of his public works and two representations of his familial coat of arms. The year and the date in April of the Pope's consecration, as well as the year of production appear to have been added to the print after the plate was initially executed. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, on the verso.

Box 4*, Folder 6

Funtione funebre fatta alli 7 di gennaro 1655 in morte di N. S. Papa Innocentio X levato da Monte Cavallo e portato in S. Pietro, 1655

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 23.9 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 24.9 x 36.6 cm. Imprint: [Rome ?]. The print depicts the funeral procession of Pamphilj Pope Innocent X, which proceeded from the Palazzo di Monte Cavallo to Saint Peter's. The artist has identified various participants and objects of tribute involved in the processional including five pieces of artillery pulled by horses, German guards with pikes, members of the Palafrenieri family, trumpeters and others. A small portrait in the upper right hand corner displays the likeness of the late Pope. With Pecci-Blunt collector's marks in the lower left corner, which suggests transfer from another print's verso and a second, faint and illegible mark of the collector in the lower right hand corner.

Box 5*, Folder 5

Pianta delconclav fatta in sede vacante de Pappa Nocentio X il di 7 di Genaro 6155, 1655

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 33.5 x 45 cm, on sheet 37 x 48.4 cm. Imprint: [Rome?], Gio: Batta de Rossi, milanese. The print depicts the Vatican floor plan from above, outlining the procedures during the conclave to elect a new Pope. A list of the candidates appears in a numbered legend at the base, although omitting the name of the successful candidate, Fabio Chigi. In the lower left corner there is an illustration of Saint Peter's and in the lower right corner, a view of Castel Sant'Angelo. A small, oval portrait of Innocent X appears on the upper right hand corner, with the Camerlengo, Antonio Barberini below. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Box 1*, Folder 9

[Rouhier, Louis]. La cavalcata con le sue cerimonie del Pontefice nuovo quando piglia il possesso a Santo Giovanni Laterano, [circa 1667]

Scope and Content Note

Engraving. Plate mark 34.9 x 49.1 cm, on sheet 37.4 x 51.8 cm. Imprint: Rome, Gio Jacomo Rossi le Stampa in Roma Alla Pace, Al insenga di Parigi. The lengthy cavalcade held in honor of the new elected Pope, Clement IX (1667), with many participants on foot, proceeds from S. Giovanni in Laterano to Saint Peter's. The Rospigliosi coat of arms appears at the top of the print, centered between scenes of the Papal coronation. Various sites are identified along the route, including the Colosseum, Campidoglio and Castel Sant'Angelo. Inscription: L. R. F. Ref.: Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.10 copy 1 (size L).

Box 6*, Folder 12

Pinelli, Bartolomeo. Arco trionfale che all'occasione del felicissimo ritorno nel giorno 24 maggio 1814: alla sua capitale del Sommo Pontefice Pio VII, [circa 1814]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 37.9 x 36.1 cm, on sheet 47 x 68.5 cm.

The print depicts a triumphal arch erected in Piazza Venezia under the direction of architect Clemente Falchi and with sculptural works by Giovanni Ceccarinito to celebrate the return of Pope Pius VII to Rome in May of 1814, after his arrest and imprisonment by French Emperor Napoleon. Huge crowds are gathered and the pope is pictured in the foreground to the right in a coach surrounded by a large retinue. The monument is crowned by three biblical figures in a pyramidal composition and flanked by two angels holding aloft laurel wreaths. Pinelli is described as the draughtsman and printmaker of this image. Bears an annotation, in ink, on the right hand side which details the caption information, however, it is obscured by the paper's folding and mounting. Bears a stamp of the collector, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner (also obscured by the folds) and one on the verso in the lower center of the print.

Box 4*, Folder 7

Pinelli, Bartolomeo. Monumento rappresentante il trionfo della Costanza, ad onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio VII in occassione del suo fausto ritorno in Roma il 24 maggio 1814..., [circa 1814]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Text is in Italian. Plate mark 37.4 x 29.7 cm, on sheet 52.3 x 40.7 cm.

The print depicts a monument erected in Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo and designed by the architect Tommaso Zappati in celebration of the return of Pope Pius VII to Rome in May of 1814, after his arrest and imprisonment by the French Emperor Napoleon. The monument is crowned by figures in a pyramidal composition. Santa Costanza is flanked by personifications of Justice and Prudence. Collaborators included the artists and sculptors V. Pacelli, Francesco Massimo Loboureur [?], Carlo Finelli, and Bertel Thorvaldsen, the designer of Pius VII's funeral monument.

With Pecci-Blunt collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso.

Box 5*, Folder 7

Mandolini. Avvenimento in Roma del giorno 22 Febbrajo 1831, 1831

Scope and Content Note

Lithograph. Image frame 30.4 x 44.9 cm, on sheet 39 x 49.4 cm. Imprint, Rome. Drawn by the artist Carlo Ruspi, who lived in the Rione Monti, according to the inscriptions, the print depicts supporters of Pope Gregorius XVI from the Rione Monti, surrounding his coach and waving a large flag of religion. The flag displays the emblem of the rione and the coat of arms of the Pope. The Pope gives his blessing to his loyal and devoted supporters. The roof top of Saint Peter's is just visible in the background to the right.

With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso.

Box 5*, Folder 8

Salandri, E. Arco trionfale temporaneo innalzato dal popolo romano in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio IX il giorno 8 settembre 1846, [circa 1846]

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 34.3 x 42.5 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 58.8 cm.

Depicts a temporary triumphal arch designed by architect Felice Cicconetti and erected by the Roman people in honor of Pope Pio IX on the 8 September 1846. Pio IX had been elected in June of 1846 and had gained much goodwill from the Roman populace for his liberal reforms. According to accompanying text, the arch was placed in the Piazza del Popolo before the church of S. Maria del Popolo. Atop the arch, Pio IX is pictured with a personification of justice, who is accompanied by a lion to symbolize strength, and one of peace, who is pictured with a cornucopia to symbolize abundance. Two coats of arms appear on either side of the arch below him, as well as images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Pontiff giving his blessing. Includes a scale at the base: Scala di Palmi Romani 80. Bears a stamp of the collector, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center of the print. With a broadside titled: Arco trionfale innalzato al Sommo Pontefice Pio IX.

Series IV. Suites of prints, 1817-circa 1850

Physical Description: 33.0 prints

Scope and Content Note

Series IV consists of suites or series of prints issued in the first half of the 19th century and includes representations of recent excavations of ancient buildings and monuments, the seven hills of Rome, church interiors, and popular monuments and sites around the city.

The suites are: Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817 (after drawings by Simone Pomardi); The Seven Hills of Rome or Sette Colli by Bartolomeo Pinelli; Agostino Penna's untitled suite, dated 1827-1828; and Antonio Sarti's suite titled Interni di varie chiese, 1827-1829; and five prints issued by the publisher Danesi around 1850.

Arrangement

Arrangement is by chronological order.

Box 1*, Folder 1

Antichità di Roma recentemente scavate fino all'antico piano, 1817

Scope and Content Note

Etching, with letterpress text. Plate mark 35 x 46 cm, on sheet 44 x 54 cm and smaller. Imprint: Rome. Watermark: C. & I. Honig (title page). The suite depicts ancient sites and monuments recently excavated in Rome, drawn by Simone Pomardi, who has carefully rendered architectural decorations and inscriptions on the ruins. Individual prints in the series are not titled.

Sites and monuments depicted include:

[Title page]

[Colosseum (exterior)]

[Colosseum (interior)]

[Temple of Antoninus and Faustina]

[Arch of Septimius Severus with the Temple of Saturn in the background]

[Arch of Constantine]

[Arch of Janus]

[Temple of Hercules Victor]

[Temple of Saturn and Temple of Vespian and Titus]

[Basilica of Constantine]

[Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotunda]

[Temple of Portunus]

[Temple of Vesta (Tivoli)]

Pinelli, Bartolomeo. [Sette Colli], 1825

Scope and Content Note

Etching. Plate mark 43.2 x 62 cm, on sheet 58.8 x 87 cm. Imprint: [Rome]. The suite consists of views of the seven hills of Rome, both drawn and etched by Pinelli in 1825, according to the inscriptions. This copy of the suite was shown in the 1956 exhibition Mostra di Bartolomeo Pinelli. See the Itinerario, which accompanies, Incisa della Rochetta, Giovanni. Bartolomeo Pinelli. Roma: Amici dei Musei di Roma, 1956. Title from: Itinerario.

The Veduta del Colle Capitolino, presa dalle falde del Colle Aventino displays Alessandro Castignari's collector's mark on the verso (Lugt 86a).

Ref.: Pacini, Renato. Bartolomeo Pinelli e la Roma del tempo suo. Milano: S.A. Fratelli Treves Editori, 1935, p. 115, 134-135.

Suite includes:

Flatfile 25**

Veduta del Colle Capitolino, presa dalle falde del Colle Aventino

Flatfile 26**

Veduta del Colle Aventino, presa dal Colle Capitolino

Flatfile 27**

Veduta del Colle Celio, presa dal Palatino

Flatfile 28**

Veduta del Colle Esquilino, presa da un arco superiore del Colosseo

Flatfile 29**

Veduta del Colle Palatino, presa sulla sommità del Colle Aventino

Flatfile 30**

Veduta del Colle Quirinale, presa dalla sommità del Palatino

Flatfile 31**

Veduta del Colle Viminale, presa dalle falde de Quirinale

Penna, Agostino. [Views of Rome]. circa 1827-1828

Scope and Content Note

See Le Gallerie nazionali italiane: notizie e documenti, 4, for untitled suite by Agostino Penna.

Flatfile 19**

Veduta degli avanzi del Tempio di Marte Ultore, e del Foro di Augusto, 1827

Flatfile 20**

Veduta dell'Arco detto di Giano Quadrifonte ed Archetto di Settimio Severo, 1828

Flatfile 21**

Veduta degli avanzi dell'interno del Portico di Ottavia, in oggi Pescaria, 1828

Box 6*, Folder 7

Veduta dello stato attuale del Ponte Molle, anticamente Ponte Milvio, 1828

Sarti, Antonio. Interni di varie chiese, 1827-1829

Scope and Content Note

The Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt print collection of views of the city of Rome includes five of this series titled Interni di varie chiese di Roma., which may include 6 or 11 prints of interiors of churches, dated 1825-1829, and executed on plates 54 x 70 cm, including; Chiesa di S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Basilica di S. Maria in Cosmedin, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Santa Sabina, S. Maria degli Angeli, Santa Maria ad Martyres (the Pantheon), Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano and San Paolo fuori le mura.

Flatfile 7**

Interno della sacrosanta basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 1827

Flatfile 8**

Interno della basilica de' SS. Lorenzo e Damaso, 1827

Flatfile 9**

Interno della chiesa di S. Maria degli Angeli, 1828

Flatfile 10**

Interno della basilica de S. Pietro in Vincoli, 1828

Flatfile 11**

Interno della basilica di S. Maria in Cosmedin, 1829

Danesi, [Views of Rome], [circa 1850]

Scope and Content Note

The five prints printed by the Litografia Danesi illustrate monuments in Rome: the Arch of Titus, Trajan's Column, the Colosseum, the Piazza del Popolo and the Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum.

Box 2*, Folder 1

Arco di Tito

Box 2*, Folder 2

Colonna Trajana

Box 2*, Folder 3

Il Colosseo

Box 2*, Folder 4

Piazza del Popolo

Box 2*, Folder 5

Tempio di Vesta

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