Description:
View of the Port of Ripa Grande, the surrounding buildings, and the Aventine Hill. Two sailboats and figures in the immediate foreground, with a tree all the way to the left. The Tiber River recedes towards the city in the center and its banks are lined with buildings, some of them numbered to correspond with a key in the inscription beneath the image.
On the right:
1: Chiesa di S. Maria in Aventino e Priorato dei Cav. Gerosolimitani (the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Aventino [the Church of St. Mary in Aventine] and the Priorato de' Cavalieri Gerosolomitani [the Priory of the Knights of Malta])
2: Vestigi delli antichi Navali [Ruins of the old port]
In the center distance:
3: Cupp. di S. Luca de Pittori (the Cupola di San Luca de Pittori [the Dome of Saint Luke of Painters])
On the left:
4: Osp. Aplico di S. Michele a Ripa (the Ospizio di San Michele [the Hospice of Saint Michael])
5: Carcere p le Donne (Carcere per le Donne [the Women's Prison])
6: Arsenale [the Arsenal]
7: Granari dell' Annona [Papal Granary]
8: Dogana (Dogana Grande [Large Customs House])
Subjects:
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