Boog van Titus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Boog van Titus te Rome
Veduta dell'Arco di Tito (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-1941-628

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 756
• Wilton-Ely 185
• Hind (Piranesi) 55-1 of 2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Boog van Titus op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Titel en lijst met verklarende letters 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 405 mm × width 618 mm

What

• triumphal arch
• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins

Where

• Rome
• Boog van Titus
• Forum Romanum

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. 228, cat.nr. 185
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 54, cat.nr. 55
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 340, cat.nr. 756