Colosseum te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Colosseum te Rome
Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo (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-1941-615

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 758
• Wilton-Ely 191
• Hind (Piranesi) 57-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op het Colosseum te Rome. Op de achtergrond rechts de Boog van Constantijn. Titel en lijst met verklarende letters 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 444 mm × width 705 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances

Where

• Rome
• Colosseum
• Arch of Constantine

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. 234, cat.nr. 191
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 55, cat.nr. 57
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 758