View of the Garden of the Grand Duke of Tuscany on the Pincian Hill

DateFirst published 1677, MCCM edition published ca. 1688

MediumEtching

Credit LineArt History Department Fund

Dimensions9 3/16 x 18 11/16 in. (23.3 x 47.5 cm)

Object number1996.002 G

Label TextThe Pincian Hill was called the Hill of Gardens in antiquity because of the many sumptuous gardens maintained there by wealthy Romans. The Villa Medici occupies the site of one of these. Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici purchased the property in 1576 and proceeded to make elaborate improvements to the house and gardens in order to accommodate his extensive collection of antiquities. Reliefs were applied to the main garden facade, and statues are displayed along the gallery and loggia that stretch across the garden. In the prospect at the end of the main alley an arched gate can be seen which allowed public access to the garden.
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
Gardens of Rome, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 14 - May 17, 1998
Discovering Rome: Maps and Monuments of the Eternal City, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 16, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Old Masters: Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 15 - December 6, 2009
Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 24 - November 17, 2013
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - November, 2009.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 138-39.
Antichita, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance & Baroque Images of Rome (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2013), 58 (checklist only).

ProvenanceEx coll. Rudolf Wittkower (1901-1971), Europe and United States. Purchased for MCCM by Emory University Art History Department from Peter Kraus [Ursus Books Limited], New York, New York.

Inscribedmargin: PROSPETTIVA DEL GIARDINO DEL SERENIS.(MO) GRAN DVCA DI TOSCANA SV'L MONTE PINCIO; below is nine item legend; BL: Falda's name; BR: G.G. De Rossi's address and privilege

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