Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs, & recèns ibidem constitutis; Editum Ab Equite Carolo Fontana Deputato celeberrimi ejusdem Templi Ministro, atque Architecto. Cum plerisque Regulis, novisque Architecturae & Operationibus ab Ipsomet in lucem evulgatis. Cum Indice Rerum notablium ad calcem locupletissimo. Opus In Spetem Libros Distributum, Latinesque literis consignatum A Joanne Jos. Bonnervë De S. Romain

published 1694

Carlo Fontana (author)

Associated Names
Alessandro Specchi

Artist, Italian, 1668 - 1729

Carlo Fontana

Author, Italian, 1634 - 1714

This is an illustration of a book title page. The title page features Latin text framed with a double-lined border, reading "TEMPLUM VATICANUM ET IPSIUS ORIGO" in bold, capitalized lettering. Additional Latin text references Carlo Fontana. The page mentions the book being distributed and dedicated to a group of cardinals. At the bottom, it states that the book was published in Rome by typographer Jo. Francisci Buagni in 1694. An ornate illustration of the Papal insignia, which includes crossed keys and the papal tiara enclosed in a box, is also depicted on the page.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: 79 etchings and engravings (versos blank) by Alessaandro Specchi after Carlo Fontana

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 45 x 32 cm (17 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.49.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, no. 38

Inscriptions

by later hand, front pastedown, upper left in black ink: #74 / 1 vol.; same place, stamped: RESTORED BY J. MACDONALD CO. / NORWALK, CONN.

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