1676 G. B. Falda, Papal Palace in Monte Quirinali, double folio, architecture

47 x 37.7 cm

ORIGINAL MASTER ENGRAVING

Giovanni Battista Falda (1643-1678). Published by G. J. Rossi, Rome Italy - 1676

Giovanni Battista Falda was an etcher born in Valduggia; specialist in topography, worked in Rome for Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (qv for his main series of views of Rome), who chose him out of Bernini's studio at the age of 14 in 1657, and trained him as an architectural etcher. When Falda died aged 35, he left Rossi as guardian of his daughter.

The Quirinal Palace (Italian: Palazzo del Quirinale [paˈlattso del kwiriˈnaːle]) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the President of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporziano, an estate on the outskirts of Rome, some 25 km from the centre of the city. It is located on the Quirinal Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome in an area colloquially called Monte Cavallo. It has served as the residence for thirty popes, four kings of Italy and twelve presidents of the Italian Republic.

Fine hand colour. Excellent impression. Minor glue staining to fold.