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Etching of a formal garden with geometric hedges, a walled palace with a gateway, and umbrella pines framing the foreground, with small figures on the paths.

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

An etched view of a formal Italian villa garden seen from an elevated angle, with a large walled palace and gateway at center, clipped hedges in geometric beds, and tall umbrella pines framing the foreground. Small figures stroll along paths and a sculpted fountain or basin sits at lower right, rendered in dense, fine hatching.

Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date
1776, published 1800–07
Medium
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1220 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Español: Villa Pamphili fuera de Porta San Pancrazio, Roma

Una vista grabada al aguafuerte de un jardín formal de villa italiana, observado desde un ángulo elevado, con un gran palacio amurallado y su portal al centro, setos recortados en parterres geométricos y pinos parasol enmarcando el primer plano. Pequeñas figuras recorren los senderos, trazadas con un rayado denso y fino.

Português: Villa Pamphili fora da Porta San Pancrazio, Roma

Uma vista gravada em água-forte de um jardim formal de villa italiana, observado de um ângulo elevado, com um grande palácio murado e seu portal ao centro, sebes aparadas em canteiros geométricos e pinheiros-mansos emoldurando o primeiro plano. Pequenas figuras percorrem as alamedas, traçadas em hachuras densas e finas.

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