{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O955683"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O955683/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011EP0971/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011EP0971/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2011EP0971","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O955683/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O955683","accessionNumber":"29635A/25","objectType":"Print","titles":[{"title":"Veduta della Fontana dell'Acqua Paola sul Monte Gianicolo","type":"Assigned by artist"}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Engraving showing the monumental Fontana dell’Acqua Paola, on the Janiculum Hill with the Casino Farnese visible in the background. The foreground of the engraving shows several figures who are depicted wandering around, engaged in conversation, or contemplating the fountain.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"paper","id":"AAT14109"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Topography","id":"THES252988"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2011EP0971"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"Z","shelf":"12","box":"B"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"prints","id":"AAT41273"}],[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"circa 1761","earliest":"1756-01-01","latest":"1765-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"25","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"with mount"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"with mount"},{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"width","value":"26.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Veduta della Fontana dell'Acqua Paola sul Monte Gianicolo; Rome: Acqua Paola (noted in pencil on the bottom-left corner)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"There is a collector mark on the print reading NAL (National Art Library). The stamp was used on drawings and prints that entered the museum’s collection between 1880 and 1900."}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Engraving showing the monumental Fontana dell’Acqua Paola, or “The Giant Fountain,” located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, engraved by Domenico Montagu (active circa 1750 – 1767) from the series Nuova Raccolta delle più Belle Vedute di Roma Dissegnate e Intagliate Da Celebri Autori, published in 1761.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"The engraving is part of the series Nuova Raccolta delle più Belle Vedute di Roma Dissegnate e Intagliate Da Celebri Autori, engraved by Domenico Montagu and published in 1761.\n\nDomenico Montagu was an Italian etcher and engraver active in Rome around the half of the 18th century. He is known to have collaborated with Jean Barbault on a series of views of Rome and archeological studies. Montagu was responsible for most of the etchings in Barbault's Les Plus Beaux Édifices des Rome Modernes, which was published posthumously by Bouchard et Gravier in 1763.\n\nThe Fontana dell'Acqua Paola, also known as the \"Fontanone del Gianicolo\" or \"The Giant Fountain,\" is a magnificent fountain located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome. It was built in the early 17th century during the reign of Pope Paul V, also known as Camillo Borghese (1550-1621). The primary purpose behind its construction was to improve the water supply of Rome and to commemorate the restoration of the Traian aqueduct. The aqueduct, originally constructed by Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century AD, was a significant water channel that spanned 57 kilometers and supplied water to the city. The Fontana dell'Acqua Paola was designed to mark the endpoint of this ancient aqueduct. To bring this grand vision to life, Pope Paul V commissioned architects Giovanni Fontana (1540-1614) and Flaminio Ponzio (1560-1613), both renowned for their work on Villa Borghese. Construction on the fountain began in 1610 and was completed in 1612. The materials used for its construction included excavated materials from the Forum Romanum and marble sourced from Saint Peter's Basilica. The Fontana dell'Acqua Paola was intended to serve as a symbol of the Pope's generosity and to showcase the abundance of water in the city."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["29635A/25"],"accessionNumberNum":"29635","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-02","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}