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-1941-617

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 759
• Wilton-Ely 259
• Hind (Piranesi) 126-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• number: ‘107’

Description

Gezicht in vogelperspectief op het Colosseum te Rome. Titel en lijst met veklarende letters op banderollen links- en rechtsonder.

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 497 mm × width 710 mm

What

• theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Colosseum
• Rome

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. 302, cat.nr. 259
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 341, cat.nr. 759
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 71, cat.nr. 126