Plate 16 "Fontana del Sig Prencipe di Pallestrina sur la Piazza Barberina"

Not just an architectural rendering and not just a city view, Giovanni Battista Falda created a set of wonderfully informative engravings of Roman life c. 1690-92.  Published uncolored as illustrations to his Le Fontane Ne Palazzi e Ne Giardini di Roma con li Loro Prospeti et Ornamenti these engravings are original in their ability to capture the tempo of everyday Roman life.  Any visitor to Rome recognizes the wonderful Bernini fountain located today in the very center of a highly trafficed round about. Pope Urban VIII of the family Barberini was a great builder and art patron who hired the two finest architects of the Baroque period Borromini and Bernini for his projects. The Pope was such an avid builder tearing down ancient buildings to make room for new, it has been said "what the barbarians did not destroy was destroyed by the Barberini"

Copperplate engraving with modern hand color measuring 11 x 16 inches sheet size.
Clean and crisp impression in excellent condition.