La Conocchia, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

La Conocchia
Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro, oggi detto la Conocchia, che si vede poco lungi dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napol (...) (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-1941-662

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 843
• Wilton-Ely 263
• Hind (Piranesi) 130-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van de antieke tombe genaamd 'La Conocchia', net buiten de Porta di Capua langs de weg van Rome naar Napels. Titel in vlak 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 718 mm × width 480 mm

What

• ruin of a building ~ architecture
• landscape with ruins

Where

• La Conocchia (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. 306, cat.nr. 263
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 351, cat.nr. 843
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 72, cat.nr. 130