Title
[View of Anguillara Sabazia and Lago di Bracciano].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[around 1695]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and grey wash ; sheet 31.7 x 43.7 cm
Description
Bird's-eye view of the countryside surrounding Anguillara Sabazia, with bridge and tower over River Arrone in the foreground, view of the town on the Monti Sabatini overlooking Lake Bracciano in the background and empty cartouche at right.
Place
Anguillara Sabazia (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. 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.46.6.