Gezicht op het Piazza del Popolo te Rome, Robert Sayer, after Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Title(s)

Gezicht op het Piazza del Popolo te Rome
A view of the Common Place, embellished with new buildings, and a view of the city of Rome, as it is at this present time (title on object)
Rome (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1932-418

Catalogue reference

• Sayer 2

Inscriptions / marks

• watermark

Description

Aan het plein staat links de kerk Santa Maria in Montesanto en rechts de kerk Santa Maria dei Miracoli.

Artist

• publisher: Robert Sayer (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Monogrammist I.G. (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Thomas Bowles (II) (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

12-Nov-1750

Material

• paper
• watercolor (paint)

Technique

etching / brush

Measurements

height 275 mm × width 427 mm

What

• square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• obelisk, needle (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• church (exterior)
• ornamental fountain (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Where

• Piazza del Popolo
• Santa Maria in Montesanto
• Santa Maria dei Miracoli

Acquisition

unknown 1932

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Gezicht op het Piazza del Popolo te Rome
• Gezicht op het Piazza del Popolo te Rome
• Gezicht op het Piazza del Popolo te Rome

• Two hundred and six perspective views adapted to the diagonal mirrour or optical pillar machine, cat.nr. 2