ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist
Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla
(Italian, active 1575 - 1613)
Publisher
Claudio Duchetti
(French, active ca. 1565 - 1585)
Belvedere Gardens
Date1579
MediumEtching
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DimensionsMat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 1/4 in. (40 × 54 cm)
Image: 13 5/8 × 19 in. (34.6 × 48.3 cm)
Object number2006.048.001
Label TextLittle is known about Brambilla's life. Born in Milan, he was working in Rome as a printmaker and painter by 1575. Some of his most popular works were views of ancient and modern Rome. This view of the Belvedere Gardens and Courtyard at the Vatican is particularly important since it shows the courtyard as it was originally designed by Donato Bramante in 1505. Bramante's design offered an unobstructed prospect from the papal apartments (at left) through the length of the courtyard to the exedra, the semi-circular structure at the right of the image. This perspectival view was later blocked by the construction of a library for Pope Sixtus V in 1587-89.Exhibition HistoryRenaissance to Contemporary: Recent Acquisitions in Works on Paper, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - May 27, 2007
Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 24 - November 17, 2013
Published ReferencesSarah McPhee, et al., Antichita, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2013), 56 (checklist only).
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Antiquarius s.a.s., Rome, Italy.
Status
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