Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome
Sepolcro di Cecilia Metell (...) (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-1941-661

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 772
• Wilton-Ely 200
• Hind (Piranesi) 67-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de Tombe van Caecilia Metella aan de Via Appia Antica net buiten Rome. Titel en verklarende letters op blok linksonder.

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 455 mm × width 635 mm

What

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

Where

• Rome
• Tombe van Caecilia Metella
• Via Appia Antica

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. 243, cat.nr. 200
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 57, cat.nr. 67
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 342, cat.nr. 772