Nymphaeum van Egeria bij Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Nymphaeum van Egeria bij Rome
Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria fuor della porta Capena or di S. Seb.n (...) (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-1941-658

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 782
• Wilton-Ely 213
• Hind (Piranesi) 80-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van het nymphaeum van Egeria net buiten Rome. Titel en tekst op blok rechtsonder.

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 690 mm

What

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

Where

• Rome
• Ninfeo di Egeria

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. 256, cat.nr. 213
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 343, cat.nr. 782
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 61, cat.nr. 80