Tempel van Antoninus en Faustina te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tempel van Antoninus en Faustina te Rome
Veduta del Tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino (title on object)
Gezichten op Rome (series title)
Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi architetto Ve(nez)iano (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1938-1869

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 802
• Wilton-Ely 163
• Hind (Piranesi) 49-3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Tempel van Antoninus en Faustina op het Forum Romanum te Rome (de cella van de tempel is omgebouwd tot kerk: de San Lorenzo in Miranda). Titel in ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 401 mm × width 539 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Roman religion
• church (exterior)
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• Roman Catholic Church

Where

• Rome
• Tempel van Antoninus en Faustina
• Forum Romanum
• San Lorenzo in Miranda

Credit line

• Gift of Kunsthandel J.H.J. Mellaart

Acquisition

gift 1938

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 206, cat.nr. 163
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 53, cat.nr. 49
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 346, cat.nr. 802