Boog van Septimius Severus op het Forum Romanum, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Boog van Septimius Severus op het Forum Romanum
Arco di Settimio Sever (...) (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-1941-624

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 809
• Wilton-Ely 165
• Hind (Piranesi) 54-1(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Septimius Severus op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Op de achtergrond de Capitoolheuvel en rechts de Santi Luca e Martina. Titel en verklarende 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 377 mm × width 585 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• church (exterior)
• Roman Catholic Church
• triumphal arch

Where

• Boog van Septimius Severus
• Santi Luca e Martina
• Capitool
• Forum Romanum
• 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. 208, cat.nr. 165
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 54, cat.nr. 54
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 347, cat.nr. 809