Veduta della Bas.ca di S. Croce in Gerusalemme... / Vue de la Basilique

Reference: S3483
Author Pietro RUGA
Year: 1800 ca.
Zone: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Printed: Rome
Measures: 275 x 215 mm
€130.00

Reference: S3483
Author Pietro RUGA
Year: 1800 ca.
Zone: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Printed: Rome
Measures: 275 x 215 mm
€130.00

Description

View taken from "NUOVA RACCOLTA DI 25 VEDUTE ANTICHE E MODERNE DI ROMA E SUE VICINANZE INCISE A BULINO DA CELEBRI INCISORI." [ROMA]: NICOLA DE ANTONI [s.d. ma 1800 circa].

Elegant collection of tables depicting the greatest and most beautiful views of the city of Rome made and signed by the most famous engravers, architects and painters of the time. Among the engravers and designers: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Pietro Ruga, Domenico and Giuseppe Pronti, Pietro Parboni, Domenico Baldini, Antonio Verico, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Francesco Morelli, Francesco de Capua, Francesco Barbazza, Antonio Poggioli and others. The table on the frontispiece depicts Romulus and Remus in the foreground against the background of a Roman view.

Etching, with margins, in excellent condition.

Pietro RUGA (1772-1824)

Was an Italian engraver, best known for his architectural views (vedute) of Roman monuments, churches and squares. He also was a draughtsman of a few maps of Rome during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including Pianta topografica della città di Roma dell' anno 1849. Among the subjects of his engravings are the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, St. Peter's Basilica, Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo, Piazza Navona and Piazza del Quirinale. Collaborated on the "Nuova raccolta di cento principali vedute di Roma e sue vicinanze" by Piale, along with John Acquaroni, Parboni Pietro and Francesco Rinaldi.

Pietro RUGA (1772-1824)

Was an Italian engraver, best known for his architectural views (vedute) of Roman monuments, churches and squares. He also was a draughtsman of a few maps of Rome during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including Pianta topografica della città di Roma dell' anno 1849. Among the subjects of his engravings are the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, St. Peter's Basilica, Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo, Piazza Navona and Piazza del Quirinale. Collaborated on the "Nuova raccolta di cento principali vedute di Roma e sue vicinanze" by Piale, along with John Acquaroni, Parboni Pietro and Francesco Rinaldi.