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Hand-colored engraving of a Roman palace facade with a tall tower, arched windows, and carriages and figures in the street below.

Peep-show, Vue du Palais de l'Ambassadeur de Venise, a Rome, No. 89

A hand-colored engraving shows a broad street view of a large palace facade in Rome, with a tall tower on the right and a central portal framed by arched windows. Small figures, horse-drawn carriages and carts crowd the foreground and the street receding to the left, rendered in ink with light washes of watercolor.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1750
Medium
Engraving in ink with washes of watercolor on paper, mounted on scrapbook page
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2779 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1755).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Peep-show: vista del palacio de la Embajada de Venecia en Roma

Un grabado coloreado a mano muestra una vista de calle de una gran fachada palaciega en Roma, con una torre alta a la derecha y un portal central enmarcado por ventanas arqueadas. Pequeñas figuras, carruajes tirados por caballos y carretas llenan el primer plano y la calle que se aleja hacia la izquierda, trazados en tinta con suaves aguadas de acuarela.

Português: Peep-show: vista do palácio da Embaixada de Veneza em Roma

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