ID: 700000913 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000913	Record Type: Movable Work

Prospetto d[ell']alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo (etching (print); Giuseppe Vasi (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782)...; Published: 1765?; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 550587; accession number: 2001.PR.2*)

Note: Title and date from inscription on an ivy-covered antique slab depicted in the lower left of image. Ivy twigs obscure words "dell'alma"; The preparatory drawing is known as Prospetto di Roma verso ponente (Special Collections, Accn. No. 850154**); Library's print is composed of 12 sheets of dimensions corresponding to those given by Bier (Vasi-Piranesi, 1938, p. 48-51): a single sheet in the upper part has ca. 68.7 x 43.3 cm., a single sheet in the lower part is oblong and has ca. 34 x 43.5, including the plate mark on the side, or 34 x 44 cm. without the plate mark. The print is further cut into 39 parts of various sizes, and mounted on canvas; Italian printmaker and archaeologist who collected and etched views of Rome. In 1765 he dedicated his immense Prospetto dell'alma città di Roma to King Charles III of Spain; The panoramic veduta of Rome is inscribed with an "Indice delle cose notabili diviso in otto giornate," listing 390 monuments and sites, the numbering of which corresponds to those in the guidebook which Vasi published in the same year: Indice istorico del gran prospetto di Roma; The dedication to Charles III appears in the lower left corner on an antique slab. To the right of Charles III's coat of arms are printed verses from the 64th epigram by the Roman poet Martial: HINC SEPTEM DOMINOS VIDERE MONTES / ET TOTAM LICET AESTIMARE ROMAN. M. Val. Mart. lib. 4 epig. 64; Folded and enclosed in a green morocco slipcase, with gilt ornamental borders and inscribed in gilt on the front cover: Prospetto generale della città di Roma 1826. Publication: [1765?].

Titles:

Prospetto d[ell']alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Panoramic view of Rome from Monte Gianicolo (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Prospetto generale della città di Roma 1826 (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1765?

Creator Display:

Giuseppe Vasi (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782); verses by: Martial (Roman writer, first century CE) [preferred,GRISC]

Vasi, Giuseppe (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782) [500018222]

Martial (Roman writer, first century CE) [500214511]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 550587; accession number: 2001.PR.2*

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print (12 sheets) mounted on canvas: etching

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: plate mark ca. 102.5 x 262.7 cm, on sheet ca. 106 x 266 cm, folded to 36 x 29.5 cm + slipcase (36.5 x 30.5 cm)

General Subject:

cityscapes (preferred)

landscapes

cartographic

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	vedute [300015556]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, topographical views) (AAT)

	panorama (visual work) [300015537]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

	antiquities (object genre) [300311592]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by cultural or intellectual evaluation>) (AAT)

	Roma [7000874]
	.....(Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Charles III, King of Spain (Spanish king, 1716-1788) [500122380]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	buildings (structures) [300004792]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by general type>, structures (single built works)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: f. sotto gli avspicj della Sac. Maestà Cattol. di Carlo III re delle Spagne pio givsto magnifico promotore eccelso delle scienze e delle arti / disegnato e inciso e dedicato alla Maestà Sva da Givseppe Vasi conte pal. Cav. dell'Avla Lateran nell'anno MDCCLXV.; inscribed with an "Indice delle cose notabili diviso in otto giornate,"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Prospetto d[ell']alma città di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 550587
Panoramic view of Rome from Monte Gianicolo	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Prospetto generale della città di Roma 1826	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)