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View of Città della Pieve, 1643 (Città della Pieve, Umbria, Italy) 42°57ʹ33ʺN 12°00ʹ25ʺE
published 1644Etching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top and right | 21.6 x 28.6 cm (sheet) | RCIN 723046
A view of Città della Pieve, occupied in 1643 by Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma and Castro (28 April 1612-11 September 1646). First War of Castro (1641-1644).
This print is a design for the recto of a fan. The design for the verso, which would have given the key to the letters in the view, is not present in this collection. See also RCINs 723040 and 723043, by Valerio Spada.
Valerio Spada (1613-88) (etcher) [bottom centre, on ornate frame to the view:] Valerio Spada fece / 1644 / Rontini
? Giovanni Battista Rontini (active 1643-57) (publisher)
Watermark: Print: none visible. Mount: horse in circle.
Condition: remains of old guard along verso of left edge; pressure marks. Some offsetting of the same print on the verso
21.6 x 28.6 cm (sheet)
cropped (platemark)
50.5 x 39.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Città della Pieue
Annotations:
George III heading: Pieve 1644. Other anotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] Pieve; [top right, black pencil:] 1644; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Pieve 1644. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Pieve L’Assedio della Citta di Pieve, 1644: da Valerio Spada.
Subject(s)
Città della Pieve, Umbria, Italy (42°57ʹ33ʺN 12°00ʹ25ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3148
P.D. Massar, ‘The prints of Valerio Spada – I’, Print Quarterly III, no. 3, 1986, pp. 217-223
H. E. Napier, Florentine history, from the earliest authentic records to the accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, V, London 1847, p. 465
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