Boog van Constantijn en het Colosseum te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Boog van Constantijn en het Colosseum te Rome
Veduta dell'Arco di Costantino, e 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-1941-618

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 805
• Wilton-Ely 152
• Hind (Piranesi) 56-3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Constantijn en het Colosseum te Rome. Titel en verklarende nummers in ondermarge.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1748 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 408 mm × width 545 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• triumphal arch

Where

• Rome
• Arch of Constantine
• Colosseum

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. 195, cat.nr. 152
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 55, cat.nr. 56
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 346, cat.nr. 805