Fundering van de Santi Giovanni e Paolo te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Fundering van de Santi Giovanni e Paolo te Rome
Veduta del piano superiore del Serraglio delle Fiere fabbricato da Domiziano a uso dell'Anfiteatro Flavio e volgarmente detto la Curia Ostilia (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-1941-619

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 804
• Wilton-Ely 160
• Hind (Piranesi) 43-3(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de fundering van de Santi Giovanni e Paolo te Rome (op prent het Colosseum genoemd). 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 400 mm × width 605 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins
• Roman Catholic Church

Where

• Rome
• Sant'Andrea delle Fratte **

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. 203, cat.nr. 160
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 346, cat.nr. 804
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 51, cat.nr. 43