Antica Cascata dell’Aniene in Tivoli

Romantic view of the great waterfall at Tivoli.

Visual Details

Description

Shows the massive, thundering falls of the Aniene River crashing into the gorge. Industrial buildings and villas perch precariously on the cliffs above, while tiny figures peer over the edge to provide scale.

The Subject

Natural landscapes, Romantic sublimity, Italian geography.

Technical Specifications

Unknown (Workshop of Franzetti)
Copperplate etching
Circa 1790–1820
Vedute di Roma e Dintorni
Unnumbered
“ANTICA CASCATA DELL’ ANIENE IN TIVOLI / In Roma presso Agapito Franzetti al Corso N. 170”
Hand-made rag paper
35 x 45 cm
Rome, Italy

Historical Significance

A crucial environmental and historical record. It depicts the falls before the devastating flood of 1826, after which Pope Gregory XVI diverted the river to create the modern artificial cascade.

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