Catafalque for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, from "Libro De Catafalchi, Tabernacoli, con varij designi di Porte fenestre et altri ornamenti di Architettura"

Cardinal Benedetto Panfili is depicted on the copper engraving. He was one of the most important patrons of Handel in Rome. The cardinal also wrote the text for two of Handel’s com...

Cav. Fran.co Piranesi incise....

Statue of Atlas kneeling with the celestial sphere. It is decorated with low reliefs depicting 41 classical Greek constellations distinguished by Ptolemy. Roman copy of a Helleni...

The leaf shows Palazzo Farnese at Piazza Farnese in Rome. The church of Santa Brigida can be seen on the far right. To the left, at the end of the road (Via dei Farnesi) is the chu...