The Villa D'Este, Tivoli, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
1773
18th Century
18 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (47 x 70.5 cm)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi,
Italian,
(1720–1778)
Object Type:
PRINTS
Creation Place:
Europe, Italy
Medium and Support:
Etching
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Helen North
Accession Number:
02-G-3265
The Villa d'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509-1572), son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia and grandson of Pope Alexander VI. He had been appointed Governor of Tivoli by Pope Julius III, with the gift of the villa, which he entirely reconstructed. The cardinal drew inspiration from the nearby Villa Adriana (the palatial retreat of Emperor Hadrian) and, reviving Roman techniques of hydraulic engineering to supply water to a sequence of fountains, he created an elaborate fantasy garden whose mixture of architectural elements and water features had an enormous influence on European landscape design.
Current Location:
In Storage
by Artist
by Artist
