Lot Essay
From the 17th Century until the early 19th Century on Saturday and Sundays during the month of August the square was flooded for festivals and games.
PROPERTY FROM THE LATE MR. AND MRS. GEORGE BRAGA
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand* (1710-1803)
View of the inundated Piazza Navona with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, Sant'Agnese beyond, Rome
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Jean-Baptiste Lallemand* (1710-1803)
View of the inundated Piazza Navona with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, Sant'Agnese beyond, Rome
with inscription 'Vue de St. Marie Majeure et de l'obélisque. J.B. Lallemand 1730' (verso)
black chalk, bodycolor
13 5/8 x 20¼ in. (343 x 516 mm.)
View of the inundated Piazza Navona with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, Sant'Agnese beyond, Rome
with inscription 'Vue de St. Marie Majeure et de l'obélisque. J.B. Lallemand 1730' (verso)
black chalk, bodycolor
13 5/8 x 20¼ in. (343 x 516 mm.)