Volume II, folio 27 verso
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Edme Bouchardon
1698–1762
Vade Mecum at Rome, Vol. II
1723–32
Black chalk
Binding: 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in (206 x 140 mm)
Leaf: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in (197 x 133 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1907
2006.16:2
Page description:
Inscribed at upper right, in another hand, in black chalk (upside down), Pour la font. de Trevi. In the lower part of the page, in another hand, in brown ink (also upside down), Vien’ rappresentata Roma Cristiana con à piè il Tevere e la Nera che versano l’acqua, si può anche cangiare la Nera nell’Arno ponendovisi dalla parte del Tevere la Lupa e dalla parte dell’Arno il Leone.
Watermark: Three mounds.