Blaeu's Fountain of Hercules at the Palace of Venaria

Fons Herculeus: Cum Suis Colosso, Cryptoporticu, Antris, Sacellis, Scalis, Dioetis, Tricliniis, Statuis, Signis, Tabulis, Coeterisque Musivis, ac marmoreis ornamentis

The Fountain of Hercules was part of the elaborate late seventeenth century garden design at the Palace of Venaria near Turin.

Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reissued (with Blaeu’s imprint erased) by Adriaan Moetjens in 1697. 

Condition & Materials

Copper engraving, 48.5 x 61 cm, black and white, trimmed to printed area at the top of the image, blank verso

References

Koeman Bl 80