Title
[Lake Bracciano and Tiber Valley].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[about 1695]
Physical details
1 drawing : pencil, ink and grey wash ; sheet 31 x 43.7 cm
Description
Lake Bracciano and surrounding area seen from the east at right, with Anguillara Sabazia, Trevignano and Bracciano on its shores, Pisciarelli and Oriolo seen in distance above and the site of Etruscan Veio and Rome below. The waterworks from the lake to Rome are marked by a dotted line crossing Tuscany, with indication of wharves, bridges and water depots and key to the drawing on a scroll at top left.
Place
Bracciano Lake (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). The hydraulic works around Lake Bracciano represented in this drawing were also discussed by Fontana 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). The third volume of this treatise refers to Fontana's visit to the lake in April 1691, when he measured the amount of water flowing into it from River Arrone and studied the system used to regulate its levels. According to Braham and Hager, these drawings 'were probably intended as illustrations in a book which Fontana hoped to publish, Il Libro della Toscana antica, con la narrativa della Condottura dell'Acqua Trajana a Civita Vecchia"."
Shelfmark
Maps 7.Tab.46.5.