Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore with the church of Santa Maria Maggiore and the column from the Basilica of Maxentius, Rome
Architect/Designer | Maderno, Carlo (1556-1629) |
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Artist/Photographer | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) |
Country | Italy |
City | Rome |
Subject Date | 1749 |
Image Date | 1749 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SB100/1(9) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Columns ; Domes ; Squares ; Fountains ; Belfries, bell towers ; Churches |
SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 9 NOTES: The fluted column was set up for Paul V by Carlo Maderno who crowned it with a statue of the Virgin and designed the fountain at its base.
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