Ponte Nomentano
Giuseppe Vasi, ca. 1752
$90
Print check at 12 x 8 in: 180 dpi, good. Trimmed 1.7% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Another plate from Giuseppe Vasi's Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, this one records the Ponte Nomentano, a fortified bridge of ancient Roman origin (rebuilt and crenellated in the medieval period) still carrying the Via Nomentana across the Aniene river just outside the city. Vasi shows travelers and a small gathered crowd at the roadside, the bridge's defensive tower keeping watch over a route that had carried traffic in and out of Rome for well over a thousand years by the time this plate was etched. What to notice: unlike the isolated, timeless ruins Piranesi favored, Vasi's Rome is a working city — bridges still crossed, roads still traveled, walls still standing guard — ancient infrastructure caught still doing its ancient job.
- Maker
- Giuseppe Vasi
- Date
- ca. 1752
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- David Rumsey Map Collection · via Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00302
| Picture | 12 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 9.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 180 | Good | Trimmed 1.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,200 x 1,442 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 65, lights 237 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 6.36
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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