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Prospectus Plateae D. Marci, apart from S.ti GEMINIANI.
Vûe de la Place de S.t MARC, du côté de S.t GEMINIEN.
Triple title (in Italian, Latin and French) to frame this magnificent view of the only Venetian "square" (as they are properly called "campi"), enclosed between the Procuratie Vecchie and the Nuove (the ancient headquarters of the S.Marco), famous all over the world, with its Basilica and the bell tower facing it, seen here from behind towards the disappeared church of San Giminiano in the background (very ancient, several times reoriented and finally rebuilt by Sansovino, definitively demolished in the period Napoleonic to make way for a ballroom ...).
The Clock Tower (in the foreground on the right), inaugurated in 1499 and very innovative for the time, had in ancient times a single central body, to which the two still existing side wings were added a few years later, for reasons of magnificence. .
The bell tower, beloved by the Venetians, who call it "El paron de casa", stands in a corner of the square in front of the Basilica: the Sansovino loggia is known throughout the world and forms its base, surmounted by a brick shaft with a plan square and a pyramid-shaped spire where a golden archangel Gabriel stands out. But on July 14, 1902, after various signs of the previous days, the structure gave way and collapsed to the ground at the foot of the Basilica incredibly unharmed: the reconstruction works, as it was and where it was, started immediately, will last ten years, until the triumphal inauguration of 25 April 1912.
The sheet comes from the magnum opus by Georgius Graevius "Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae", Leiden 1704 - 1723 illustrating the entire Italian peninsula, in tome V part II of the work in 45 volumes, printed by Peter Van Der AA in 1722.
Bifolium conjoined by codpiece. Etching on laid paper with double watermark, towards blank, wide margins, sporadic traces of oxidation in a splendidly inked specimen.
Dim .: 27,5x34,5 cm the print mirror 67534325
