ECL-Bn.3:61-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:61-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bridge at Rimini
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The drawing shows the bridge in its ruined state, with only four of its five arches in reasonable repair and vegetation growing all over. The water line is indicated.
Beneath the drawing is written: Ortografia delll stato in cui ho ritrovato il famoso ponte d'Augosto della Citta di Rimini rissarcito da me sottos.to nell anno 1680.
This drawing clearly accompanies a book in the Topham Collection [Bg 5.15] by D. Agostino Martinelli of Ferrara, entitled 'Notitie e delineatione del famoso ponte d'Ottaviano Augusto nella Citta di Rimini 1681'
Beneath the drawing is written: Ortografia delll stato in cui ho ritrovato il famoso ponte d'Augosto della Citta di Rimini rissarcito da me sottos.to nell anno 1680.
This drawing clearly accompanies a book in the Topham Collection [Bg 5.15] by D. Agostino Martinelli of Ferrara, entitled 'Notitie e delineatione del famoso ponte d'Ottaviano Augusto nella Citta di Rimini 1681'
Dimensions
height (actual size): 175mm
width (actual size): 540mm
width (actual size): 540mm
Materials & techniques note
Pen, brown ink and brown wash, with small areas of pink, green and blue wash. On ivory coloured paper.
Production
Person
Martinelli, D. Agostino, 1650 - 1718 (Artist)
Date
1680
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Martinelli
