Porticus van Octavia te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Porticus van Octavia te Rome
Veduta dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (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-1941-650

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 815
• Wilton-Ely 166
• Hind (Piranesi) 58-4(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Porticus van Octavia te Rome. 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 398 mm × width 598 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• landscape with ruins
• ruin of a building ~ architecture

Where

• Porticus van Octavia
• 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. 209, cat.nr. 166
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 55, cat.nr. 58
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 348, cat.nr. 815