Sette Bassi buiten Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Sette Bassi buiten Rome
Avanzi d'un portico coperto, o criptoportico in una villa di Domiziano cinque miglia lontan da Roma su la via di Franscati (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-1941-663

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 781
• Wilton-Ely 212
• Hind (Piranesi) 79-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de resten van een portico (of cryptoporticus) die Sette Bassi wordt genoemd, in een villa van Domitianus buiten Rome langs de Via di Frascati. Titel 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 427 mm × width 606 mm

What

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

Where

• Rome
• Sette Bassi

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. 255, cat.nr. 212
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 343, cat.nr. 781
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 60, cat.nr. 79