- Archive
- National Gallery of Art Library
- Author
- Giacomo Marcucci
- Language of document
- Italian; German; French; Latin
- Credit line
- Public Domain
- Places
- Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; Farnese Palace; Vatican (Apostolic) Palace; Rome; Savelli Palace; Church of Santa Maria Rotonda (Pantheon); Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina; Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio); Piazza Navona; Piazza Colonna; Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino); Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Summary
- In the course of the seventeenth century, the tourist traveler appears in Rome. Published in 1628 only three years after the second Jubilee of the XVII century, this guidebook clearly targets an international audience. It is written in four languages: Italian and French for the main descriptions of the sites, and Latin and German accompanying the illustrations for each entry. The international flavor of this text is emphasized by the presence between the frontispiece and the dedication page of the portrait of Giovanni Alto (Johann Gross, 1577-1660) who, while serving as a Swiss guard for the Pope, worked as a cicerone (tour guide) for many foreign visitors, mainly German and French aristocrats. The portrait appears to be after an engraving by Francesco Villamena (1566-1624) an artist recorded in one of the Accademia meeting in 1593.