Sint-Pietersbasiliek vanaf Piazza della Sagrestia, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Sint-Pietersbasiliek vanaf Piazza della Sagrestia
Veduta dell'esterno della gran Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (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-1941-567

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 789
• Wilton-Ely 153
• Hind (Piranesi) 5-4(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Sint-Pietersbasiliek vanaf Piazza della Sagrestia te 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 400 mm × width 610 mm

What

• church (exterior)
• Roman Catholic Church

Where

• Sint-Pietersplein
• Vaticaanstad

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. 196, cat.nr. 153
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 344, cat.nr. 789
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 39, cat.nr. 5