Ruga, Pietro (sold)
Pietro Ruga (c. 1772 - 1850) was an Italian engraver, printmaker, furniture designer, and architectural draftsman active in Rome during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Ruga was born in Rome, Italy. He is best known today for his architectural views of Italian, in particular Roman, monuments, furnishings, and antiquities. There are only two maps attributed to Ruga, both tourist pocket plans of Rome, dating to the 1820s. Pietro Ruga the engraver should not be confused with Pietro Ruga Romano, who lived in Rome at the same time and taught civil law at the Sapienza.
A beautifully engraved case map highlighting all of Rome's ancient and modern sites.
Pianta della Citta di Roma con la Indicazione di Tutte le Antichita e Nuovi Abbellimenti.
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- DPI: 600
- File Size: 128 MB
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This is a strikingly engraved 1824 Pietro Ruga folding city plan or map of Rome, Italy. The map depicts Rome from the Vatican to the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (Bas. di S. Croce in Gerusaleme) and from the Piazza del Popolo to the San Sebastiano Gate. A spectacularly detailed masterpiece, Ruga's map is an ichnographic plan. This means that large historic sites, like the Colosseum, the Baths of Caracalla, and the Pantheon, and others are illustrated as horizontal cross-sections, revealing detailed floor plans. Numerous churches and basilicas, including St. Peter's, are illustrated thus. All fourteen of Rome's Rioni are identified by Roman numerals and correspond with an index in the lower right. An extensive index of the city's monuments occupies part of both the left and right side panels. Sixteen detailed monument views create the left and right borders. These include a mélange of ancient and modern sites, among them St. Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon of Agrippa, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and the Basilica of St. Paul. (more details)
A finely engraved topographical plan of 19th century Rome showing the monuments.
Pianta Topografica della Citta di Roma dell'Anno 1836.
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- DPI: 300
- File Size: 43.41 MB
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This is a fine 1836 topographical map or plan of Rome, Italy drawn by Pietro Ruga. Covers the walled center of Rome in incredible detail, reveling individual streets, buildings, parks, piazzas, temples, ancient ruins, and ecclesiastical centers. The map proper is ... (more details)
A finely engraved topographical plan of 19th century Rome showing the monuments.
Pianta Topografica della Citta di Roma dell'Anno 1841.
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- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- DPI: 300
- File Size: 38.81 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is a fine 1841 topographical map or plan of Rome, Italy drawn by Pietro Ruga. Covers the walled center of Rome in incredible detail, reveling individual streets, buildings, parks, piazzas, temples, ancient ruins, and ecclesiastical centers. The map proper is ... (more details)