Salt from Salt Water

Description:

Volterra, an ancient town in the Tuscan region of Italy, has a productive salt spring known variously as the Moie or the Saline. This ink-and-wash drawing depicts the front and back of the house over that spring. The title reads “Piante per Levare L’Acqua dolce dalla Salata per le Moie di Volterra.” The partial signature at bottom left reads “Ciappevony.”

Ref: Fabrizio Borelli, Le Saline de Volterra nel Granducatio di Toscana (Florence, 2000).

Didier Boisseuil,Le Thermalisme en Toscane à la fin du Moyen Age (Rome, 2002).

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London, City of London

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.329202Catalog Number: 329202Accession Number: 280071

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 16 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 54.61 cmoverall in mat: 23 in x 27 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 58.42 cm x 70.485 cm x .3175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e2d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1451877

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