Obelisco Panphilio gia nell ippodromo di Ant. Caracalla et dalle rovine lacero in tre pezzi inalzato dalla Sta. di Nro. sig.re Innocentio Decimo sopra il novo fonte nel Cerchio Agonale hora Piazza Navona con li quattro fiumi, il Nilo, il rio della Platta, il Danubio, il Gange. Architettura del cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, Napolitano. Scoperta li 12 giugnio 1651, parte occidentale, not before 1651. Rouhier, Louis, active 1650, printmaker. [not before 1651] Obelisk of Piazza Navona The print depicts Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, with figures personifying the Nile of A

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• Dimensions: 2301 x 3000 px | 19.5 x 25.4 cm | 7.7 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 10 September 2016

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Obelisco Panphilio gia nell ippodromo di Ant. Caracalla et dalle rovine lacero in tre pezzi inalzato dalla Sta. di Nro. sig.re Innocentio Decimo sopra il novo fonte nel Cerchio Agonale hora Piazza Navona con li quattro fiumi, il Nilo, il rio della Platta, il Danubio, il Gange. Architettura del cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, Napolitano. Scoperta li 12 giugnio 1651, parte occidentale, not before 1651. Rouhier, Louis, active 1650, printmaker. [not before 1651] Obelisk of Piazza Navona The print depicts Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, with figures personifying the Nile of Africa, the Danube of Europe, the Ganges of Asia and the Plate of the Americas. The reassembled obelisk which caps the waterwork was raised by Pamphilj Pope Innocenzo X, for whom the fountain was also constructed. Hieroglyphs are visible on the obelisk which is crowned with the Pamphilj dove bearing an olive branch. Inscription: Scala di Pmi romani numero 40. con il quale e fatto il presente disegno. In black ink, on the verso: "8i [?]". With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in blue ink, in the lower right hand corner and on verso. Ref.: Arrigoni-Bertarelli 2167; Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box R763 no.16 (size L). Imprint: Rome, Gio: Iacomo Rossi li Stampa alla Pace, Roma. Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt collected prints, published works, drawings and paintings thematically focused upon the city of Rome. Her collection included views, plans, maps of Rome and depictions of the inhabitants of the city in popular costume. As intense urban development under Mussolini transformed Rome in the 1930's, interest in the city's past grew among certain circles in Rome. Pecci-Blunt's collection came to be known as "Roma Sparita" because of its nostalgic focus on the Rome of a bygone era. Pecci-Blunt marked many of the prints in her collection with her collector's marks. Small, circular marks found on the recto of the prints, typically in the lower right corner, display Pecci-Blunt's family coa