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Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell’ Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi

In English: Perspective view of the great fountain of the Acqua Vergine, called the Trevi Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, plate 1-35

From Le Vedute di Roma

The print

Technique: Facsimile giclée
Sheet: 32 × 21¾ in, original size
Paper: White etching paper, 270 g/m²
Ink: Archival ink
Edition: Limited to 250 prints

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A facsimile of the original sheet

Photographed from an original copy of Le Vedute di Roma.
Proofed against that sheet under daylight, until the colours match.
Printed at the full size of the sheet, with its margins and lettering, in an edition of 250.

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Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell’ Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi shown in a black and gold frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell’ Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi shown in a dark wood frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

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About this plate

The Trevi Fountain seen head-on from a raised point, with the whole palace front behind it, statues in the niches and water spilling over the rocks into the wide basin. Steps and posts ring the basin, and the square in front is busy with people: gentlemen in cloaks, a carriage, pack animals. The lettering names the architect, Nicola Salvi, and calls the fountain by the water it brings, the Acqua Vergine, the ancient Roman aqueduct that still feeds it. Salvi did not live to see his fountain finished; it was completed in 1762, after his death.

Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell’ Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi is plate 1-35 of Le Vedute di Roma by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1748–1778). In English: Perspective view of the great fountain of the Acqua Vergine, called the Trevi Fountain. This facsimile is made from the original and printed at the size of the original sheet, 32 × 21¾ in (81 × 55 cm).

About the original

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) etched the Vedute di Roma, views of the monuments and ruins of Rome, from the late 1740s until his death, and sold them to visitors on the Grand Tour. His strong contrasts of light and shade, vast buildings and tiny figures shaped how Europe imagined the city.

Some travellers were said to be disappointed that Rome did not look like his prints. The series also includes a plate by his son Francesco and a map of the city.

Title: Le Vedute di Roma
Published: 1748-1778
In our collection: 138 prints