Circo Agonale ora Piazza Navona

Sweeping view of the magnificent Baroque Piazza Navona.

Visual Details

Description

Displays the full length of the piazza, highlighting Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi and Borromini’s church of Sant’Agnese in Agone. The foreground is highly detailed, showing a bustling street market, a street performer entertaining a crowd, and vendors cooking over open fires.

The Subject

Baroque Rome, street markets, urban topography.

Technical Specifications

Unknown (Workshop of Franzetti)
Copperplate etching and engraving
Circa 1790–1820
Vedute di Roma
Unnumbered
“CIRCO AGONALE ORA PIAZZA NAVONA / In Roma presso Agapito Franzetti al Corso N. 170”
Hand-made rag paper
35 x 45 cm
Rome, Italy

Historical Significance

An exceptional sociological document capturing the lively street culture and commerce of Papal Rome set against its grandest Baroque architecture.

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