Title
Disegno d'un tratto di Muro dill'Antimurali del Porto della Citta_ d'Ancona dall' Arco Traiano alla torretta ; Disegno dill'Antimurali Nuovo Rigarddo dal vecchio.
Creator
Peruzzini, Domenico, 1602-1673?, artist.
Publication details
[approximately 1659]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 43 x 35.5 cm
Description
View of the antimurale or breakwater wall showing the Arch of Trajan at left, a square tower and battlements at right, with indications of the damage caused by the sea above and view of the new antimurale attached to the ruins of the old breakwater below; both with key and explanatory text. Annotated in red chalk below: 'mesurare di sopra'.
Place
Ancona (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in volume with index preceding drawings and prints numbered 1-115 (page no. 50). Probably from the collection of Cardinal Albani, acquired for George III by James Adam in 1762. This is one of eight drawings in the same volume, all depicting different aspects of the port at Ancona with annotations in the same hand. No. 44 is signed 'Dom.co Pruzzini Arch.to' and no. 53 is dated '18 April 1659 in Ancona'.
Shelfmark
Maps 6.TAB.3.fol.50.