Gezicht op het Theater van Marcellus te Rome, Robert Sayer, after Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Title(s)

Gezicht op het Theater van Marcellus te Rome
A view of Marcellus's Theatre at Rome (title on object)
Rome (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1932-475

Catalogue reference

• Sayer 12

Inscriptions / marks

• watermark

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 272 mm × width 425 mm

What

• street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• ornamental fountain (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• theatre (building)

Where

• Theater van Marcellus

Acquisition

unknown 1932

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Gezicht op het Theater van Marcellus te Rome
• Gezicht op het Theater van Marcellus te Rome
• Gezicht op het Theater van Marcellus te Rome

• Two hundred and six perspective views adapted to the diagonal mirrour or optical pillar machine, cat.nr. 12