Title
Pianta dil Corritore dil Rivelino d'Ancona che voleva ruinare.
Creator
Peruzzini, Domenico, 1602-1673?, artist.
Publication details
[approximately 1659]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and wash ; sheet 35.7 x 48.7 cm
Description
Plan of the old rivellino, or poligonal fortification attached to the sea walls in the port of Ancona, with indication of cracks and damage in the walls; key and explanatory text below.
Place
Ancona (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in volume with index preceding drawings and prints numbered 1-115 (page no. 45). 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'. The drawing is accompanied by no. 44, which functions as a flap that allows comparing the architect's project with the damaged condition of the existing fortification. Annotated on verso: '129 / Pianta del revellino di Civita Vecch [missing]'.
Shelfmark
Maps 6.TAB.3.fol.45.