Forum van Augustus te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Forum van Augustus te Rome
Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva (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-1941-636

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 749
• Wilton-Ely 181
• Hind (Piranesi) 42-3(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van het Forum van Augustus te Rome (op prent Forum van Nerva genoemd). Titel en lijst met 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 405 mm × width 615 mm

What

• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Forum van Augustus
• 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. 224, cat.nr. 181
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 339, cat.nr. 749
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 50, cat.nr. 42