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Vedute di Roma

• Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano – St. Peter’s, with Forecourt and Colonnades. Fountain in Foreground etching
  
  Focillon 787; Hind 3 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 136

• Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano – St. Peter’s, Interior with the Nave 1748
  
  etching, 385 x 595 mm (15 3/16 x 23 7/16 inches)
  
  Focillon 788; Hind 4 i/vi; Wilton-Ely 137

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta dell’Esterno della gran Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano – St. Peter’s, from the Piazza della Sagrestia 1748
  
  etching, 380 x 600 mm (14 15/16 x 23 10/16 inches)
  
  Focillon 789; Hind 5 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 153

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori della mura – S. Paolo fuori le mura. Interior 1749
  
  etching, 385 x 610 mm (15 3/16 x 24 inches)
  
  Focillon 792; Hind 7 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 138

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano - S. Giovanni in Laterano, Main Façade, with Palace and Scala Santa
  
  etching, 380 x 600 mm (14 15/16 x 23 10/16 inches)
  
  Hind 8 first state (of six); Wilton-Ely 139

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta della Piazza del Popolo – The Piazza del Popolo 1750
  
  etching, 380 x 540 mm (14 15/16 x 21 ¼ inches)
  
  Focillon 794; Hind 14 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 141

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta della vasta Fontana di Trevi – The Fontana di Trevi 1751
  
  etching, 380 x 550 mm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8 inches)
  
  Focillon 797; Hind 19 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 145

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta della Dogana di Terra a Piazza di Pietra – The Hadrianeum (once used as a Custom House) in the Piazza di Pietra 1753
  
  etching, 395 x 600 mm (15 9/16 x 23 5/8 inches)
  
  Focillon 821; Hind 32 i/vi; Wilton-Ely 168

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Tempio di Bacco – S. Costanza (erroneously called Temple of Bacchus) 1756
  
  etching, 395 x 545 mm (15 9/16 x 21 7/16 inches)
  
  Focillon 811; Hind 37 i/vi; Wilton-Ely 158

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con scalinata che va alla Chiesa d’Araceli – The Capitol and the Steps of S. Maria in Aracoeli 1775
  
  etching, 380 x 535 mm (14 15/16 x 21 1/16 inches)
  
  Focillon 807; Hind 38 i/v; Wilton-Ely 147

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta del Sito, ov’era l’antico Foro Romano – A Corner of the Forum Romanum 1756
  
  etching, 360 x 590 mm (14 3/16 x 23 ¼ inches)
  
  Focillon 801; Hind 41 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 159

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta degli Avanzi del Tempio della Pace – The Basilica of Constantine 1757
  
  etching, 400 x 550 mm (15 ¾ x 21 5/8 inches)
  
  Focillon 813; Hind 45 i/vi; Wilton-Ely 161

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta del tempio della Fortuna Virile – The so-called Temple of Fortuna Virilis (now Church of S. Maria Egiziaca) 1758
  
  etching, 360 x 585 mm (14 3/16 x 23 1/16 inches)
  
  Focillon 817; Hind 46 i/vii; Wilton-Ely 162

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta del tempio d’Antonio e Faustina in Campo Vaccino – The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 1758
  
  etching, 390 x 540 mm (15 3/8 x 21 ¼ inches)
  
  Focillon 802; Hind 49 i/vi; Wilton-Ely 163

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.

• Veduta interna dell’Atrio del Portico di Ottavia – The Portico of Octavia : The Entrance Porch. Interior 1760
  
  Etching, 395 x 550 mm (15 9/16 x 21 5/8 mm).
  
  Focillon 816. Hind 59 i/vi. Wilton-Ely 167.

  This impression was part of an exceptionally fine and early set of the Vedute di Roma, usually referred to as Le Magnificenze and printed between 1751 and 1753.