Ponte Lucano met de Tombe van Plautius Lucanus, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748 - 1778

Title(s)

Ponte Lucano met de Tombe van Plautius Lucanus
Veduta del Ponte Lugano su l'Anione nella via Tiburtina risarcito ne' tempi bassi (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-1941-665

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 773
• Wilton-Ely 201
• Hind (Piranesi) 68-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de Ponte Lucano en de Tombe van Plautius Lucanus aan de Via Tiburtina (de weg tussen Rome en Tivoli). Titel 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 455 mm × width 656 mm

What

• grave, tomb
• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• bridge
• landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct

Where

• Via Tiburtina
• Ponte Lucano
• Tombe van Plautius Lucanus

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. 244, cat.nr. 201
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study, Arthur Mayger Hind, p. 58, cat.nr. 68
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 342, cat.nr. 773