# Dedication page

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329/dedication-page-rdfbd32a1825976>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [FALDA, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Etching

## Commentary

The picture shows the dedication page of Giovanni Battista Falda: &#34;Li giardini di Roma&#34; published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi in Rome in 1680. It depicts Hercules in the foreground, with Atlas \(as fountain statuary\) and his nymph daughters \(the Hesperides\) festooning the Roman wolf with garlands.

## Related artworks

- [Fountain in Piazza Navona](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329/fountain-in-piazza-navona-rf75101409ce7aa>)
- [Palazzo Branconio dell&#39;Aquila: Façade](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329/palazzo-branconio-dellaquila-faade-rd865b17f3983a8>)
- [Piazza e Portici della Basilica Vaticana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329/piazza-e-portici-della-basilica-vaticana-r17c00038fd07eb>)
- [Stanza di Venti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/falda-giovanni-battista-r038544c903f329/stanza-di-venti-r73d60af91623b6>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)