Title
[Fontana dell'Acqua Paola, Rome].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[about 1690]
Physical details
1 drawing : pencil, ink and watercolour ; sheet 47.5 x 48 cm
Description
Project for the modifications of the fountain in the terminal part of the Pauline aqueduct, or Acqua Paola, in Rome, with a semi-circular basin running the whole length of a fac_ade consisting of three central, wider arches and two lateral arches supported by six columns and enclosed by a balustrade; scale pasted below.
Place
Rome (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in one of the three volumes of architectural drawings by Carlo Fontana included in the Geographical Collections and acquired for George III by James Adam from the collection of Cardinal Albani (vol. 19 entitled 'Acqua Paola' in the Contini inventory of 1716). Fontana's research on the course of the Acqua Paola resulted in his 'Utilissimo trattato dell'acque correnti [...] con una esatta notizia di tutto quello, ch'e_ stato operato intorno alla conduttura dell' Acqua di Bracciano' (1696). See Braham, A. and Hager, H., Carlo Fontana: The Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1977. According to Christoph H. Heilmann, the drawing 'shows Carlo Fontana's projects of his modification of Acqua Paola in 1690.
Shelfmark
Maps 7.Tab.46.3.