Thermen van Trajanus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Thermen van Trajanus te Rome
Veduta delle Terme di Tit (...) (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-1941-631

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 837
• Wilton-Ely 256
• Hind (Piranesi) 123-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Thermen van Trajanus te Rome (op prent de Thermen van Titus genoemd). Titel en verklarende lijst met letters op banderol midden onder.

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 487 mm × width 710 mm

What

• public baths
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Rome
• Thermen van Trajanus

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. 299, cat.nr. 256
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 350, cat.nr. 837
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 70, cat.nr. 123