Title
Pianta della Condotta del ritorno dell'acqua che e_ nel Cortile del Belvedere.
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[September 13 1701]
Physical details
1 drawing : pencil, ink and wash ; sheet 68.4 x 96.3 cm
Description
View and plan of the fountain in the Cortile del Belvedere at left, with plan and details of the hydraulic system by means of which water was carried to the fountain next to the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie fuori Porta Angelica passing by the Chiesa di Santa Anna at right, and plan and section of the facilities built to pump the water above, each with its scale, key and explanatory text.
Place
Vatican City
Additional information
Bound with twenty architectural drawings and some notes by Carlo Fontana in one of the twenty-four volumes from the collection of Cardinal Albani acquired by James Adam for George III in 1762. This volume corresponds to no. 20 in Giovanni Battista Contini's 1716 inventory of Albani's collection, where its contents are described as 'Conclaue Circondario Vaticano Seminario di / Siena Ruscellai' (Braham, A. and Hager, H., Carlo Fontana. The Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1977, p. 3). For other two volumes of drawings by Fontana in the King's Topographical Collection, see 118.e.14. and Maps 7.Tab.46.
Shelfmark
Maps 7.Tab.57.10.