Engelenbrug en Engelenburcht te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Engelenbrug en Engelenburcht te Rome
Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo (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-1941-566

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 793
• Wilton-Ely 156
• Hind (Piranesi) 29-2 of 3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Engelenbrug over de Tiber en Engelenburcht te Rome. Op de achtergrond de Sint-Pietersbasiliek en Vaticaanstad. Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers 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 377 mm × width 585 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• river
• bridge
• mausoleum
• church (exterior)
• Roman Catholic Church

Where

• Rome
• Engelenburcht
• Engelenbrug
• Sint-Pietersbasiliek
• Vaticaanstad
• Tiber

Credit line

• J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

• Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 199, cat.nr. 156
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 46, cat.nr. 29
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 345, cat.nr. 793