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Giovanni Battista Falda

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

First book of Falda's views of the main fountains and water sources in the public domain of the city of Rome. The series contains a title page citing a Papal privilege received in 1691, an allegorical frontispiece with a dedication to Agostino Chigi and 31 plates.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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