Castello S. Angelo di Roma con la girandola [graphic].
1579
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Title
Castello S. Angelo di Roma con la girandola [graphic].
Created/published
[Rome] : [Nicolaus van Aelst], [1579?]
Description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 504 x 381 mm
Associated name
Brambilla, Ambrogio, active approximately 1579-1599, artist.
Aelst, Nicolaus van, approximately 1527-1612, publisher.
Aelst, Nicolaus van, approximately 1527-1612, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Shows a grand fireworks display at the Castel Sant'Angelo. Blazing barrels are set on the turrets and before the bridge that leads to the building and the sky is filled with sparks. A crowd of people looks on from across the river Tiber. The dedication is set into the base of the image at the center with two blocks of text in latin on either side.
Note
Publication date from the British Museum.
This print is dedicated to the young Ludovico Ruytenberch of Utrecht by "Nicolaus van Aelst Bruxellensis."
Print shows same view and resembles one done by Ambrogio Brambilla which was included in a publisher's collection by Antoine Lafrèy. Speculum romanae magnificentia, 1545-1591. See R. Mortimer: Italian 16th century, I, 347 and pl. 247. cf. J. E. Hodgkin, Rariora, III, 4, 46.
This print is dedicated to the young Ludovico Ruytenberch of Utrecht by "Nicolaus van Aelst Bruxellensis."
Print shows same view and resembles one done by Ambrogio Brambilla which was included in a publisher's collection by Antoine Lafrèy. Speculum romanae magnificentia, 1545-1591. See R. Mortimer: Italian 16th century, I, 347 and pl. 247. cf. J. E. Hodgkin, Rariora, III, 4, 46.
Cited/described in
British Museum collection database, (via www, Jan. 19 2010), registration no. 1870,1008.2973
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763.1 no.3
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Rome.
Item Details
Call number
ART Box R763.1 no.3 (size L)
Folger-specific note
Child's drawings on verso.
Folger accession
225687