Tickets
English
DonateMembershipTickets

Stanza de Venti nel Teatro di Belvedere di Frascati (...), from "La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)", part 2, 'Le fontane delle ville di Frascati' (plate 7)

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1691 or after
Not on view
The element of water, central to all display in the garden of the Villa Aldobrandini, also enlivened spaces inside garden pavilions, such as this magnificent room, the Sala d'Apollo or Stanza dei Venti (Room of the Winds). Recalling the feature of the ancient grotto-nymphaeum, this richly adorned stanza featured a large Mount Parnassus, the mythical home of Apollo and the Muses. Famous among seventeenth- and eighteenth-century travelers for its pneumatic and hydraulic marvels, the Stanza dei Venti included surprising water tricks and artificial sounds of thunder, wind, and rain.
See 1991.1073.145(34-51) for more information.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Stanza de Venti nel Teatro di Belvedere di Frascati (...), from "La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)", part 2, 'Le fontane delle ville di Frascati' (plate 7)
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Falda (Italian, Valduggia 1643–1678 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1691 or after
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (31.8 × 23.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of D. W. Langton, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1991.1073.145(2.7)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

More Artwork
La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici della Città (...), part 1, Giovanni Battista Falda Italian, Etching
La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici della Città (...), part 1
Etcher Giovanni Battista Falda
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi
1691 or after
The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1692, Giovanni Battista Falda Italian, Etching
The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1692
After Giovanni Battista Falda
Publisher Matteo Gregorio Rossi
1692–1702
Lobster-Tail Burgonet, Steel, leather, gold, North Italian
Lobster-Tail Burgonet
North Italian
ca. 1610
Nocturne: Palaces, James McNeill Whistler American, Etching and drypoint; printed in dark brown ink on drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper.
Nocturne: Palaces
James McNeill Whistler
1879–80
View of the Villa Medici, Giovanni Battista Falda Italian, Etching
View of the Villa Medici
Giovanni Battista Falda
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi
after 1677

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please contact us using the form below. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.

Send feedback

Content Notice

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world, and our online collection reflects ongoing work conducted over the course of our more than 150-year history. You may encounter objects or images that may be inappropriate for some viewers or information that may be outdated.